Dodgers, Blue Jays announce starting pitchers for Game 1 of the World Series

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays announced their Game 1 starting pitchers for the World Series. 

The Dodgers will start Blake Snell, while the Blue Jays are sending rookie Trey Yesavage to the mound. Game 1 is on Friday at 8 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. 

Snell has nearly as many Cy Young awards (two) as Yesavage has career regular season starts (three). 

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Yesavage made his Major League debut on Sept. 15 and quickly became a key part of the Blue Jays starting rotation. When the 22-year-old steps on the mound on Friday, he will have made more career postseason starts (four) than regular-season starts. 

In the postseason, Yesavage has a 2-1 record in three starts with a 4.20 ERA. 

Yesavage beat the New York Yankees with 5.1 scoreless, hitless innings in Game 2 of the Division Series as he struck out 11. He lost Game 2 of the AL Championship Series when he allowed five runs in four innings, and then won Game 6 of the ALCS on Sunday when he gave up two runs in 5.2 innings.

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Blue Jays' pitcher Trey Yesavage throws against the Seattle Mariners during Game 6 of the ALCS in Toronto, Canada, on Oct. 19, 2025, and Los Angeles Dodgers' Blake Snell pitches against the Brewers during Game 1 of the NLCS in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Oct. 13, 2025. (Benny Sieu/Imagn Images; Nick Turchiaro/Imagn Images)

Yesavage began the season at Class A Dunedin and rose through the minor leagues rapidly. He was promoted