Why the Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto wants to win a World Series will touch Clayton Kershaw
The Los Angeles Dodgers were the dominant team in the postseason. They are four wins away from winning their second consecutive World Series and are heavy favorites to do so. They have multiple superstars in Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, and their pitching staff is firing on all cylinders in the playoffs. Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto they play extremely well in the most important games of the season.
In addition to the talent level that gives them the edge in this series, they also have the motivation to win out of respect for their retired teammate Clayton Kershaw. The Dodgers lefty has had a brilliant career and will hang up his cleats after the World Series.
Kershaw’s teammates love and respect their teammate. Although he struggled in some of his postseason games, he was brilliant as a regular season pitcher throughout his career. He has been compared to Sandy Koufak when it comes to preparing for the regular season the Dodgers.
Yamamoto says the Dodgers you want to send Kershaw is on the winning side. The Dodgers hurler thinks that would be a fitting note for Kershaw to end his career.
Kershaw won two World Series titles in his career with the Dodgers in 2020 and 2024.
Yamamoto will get the start for the Dodgers in Game 2
The first two games of the World Series are played at Rogers Center in Toronto. Snell was given the assignment by manager Dave Roberts to start Game 1, while Yamamoto was slated to get the ball in Game 2 of the series. When the World Series returns to Los Angeles for Games 3 and 4 (as well as Game 5, if necessary). Tyler Glasnow will start in Game 3 and Ohtani will get the ball in Game 4.
Kershaw had an 18-year career with the Dodgers. He has a career record of 223-96 with a 2.53 ERA and 3,052 strikeouts in his career. He was 11-2 in 2025 with a 3.36 ERA and 84 strikeouts in 112.2 innings.
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