#yoshinobu-yamamoto

#yoshinobu-yamamoto

That continued Monday night with Yoshinobu Yamamoto being on hand at Crypto.com Arena to watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Phoenix Suns. Yamamoto received a customized No. 18 Lakers jersey and posed for a photo with Rui Hachimura, a fellow native of Japan. Yamamoto also gifted Hachimura an autographed baseball. Then during the game, Yamamoto was shown on the video board and received a nice ovation from the fans in attendance.

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes was voted the unanimous winner of the 2025 National League Cy Young Award, finishing ahead of Philadelphia Phillies southpaw Cristopher Sánchez and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Skenes received all 30 first-place votes and garnered 210 overall points. Sánchez finished with 30 votes for second place and 120 total points. Yamamoto finished in a distant third place for Cy Young Award voting by accumulating 72 points.

I don't think you'll ever see what you saw Yoshi do tonight. That was probably the most gutsy, ballsy thing any guy has ever done. He's used to pitching on a week's rest the whole season. For him to come in and say he's willing to do that and throw not just one inning but - what was it, (2.2 innings) whatever it was? You can't even describe that.

Paul Skenes, Pirates Despite strong competition from Sánchez and Yamamoto, Skenes very well figures to win his first career Cy Young Award after a third-place finish. Skenes built off an impressive NL Rookie of the Year campaign to sport a 1.97 ERA that led the Majors. Skenes became the first qualified pitcher with a sub-2.00 ERA since Justin Verlander in 2022. Skenes' 216 strikeouts set a career high and were second-most in the NL.

George Springer led off the inning after being beamed in the wrist by a 96 mph fastball. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the 500 million dollar man, who some are calling the franchise man, ripped a scorching, long single off the wall in left to send Springer over to third. Alejandro Kirk then came up and delivered with a sacrifice fly to deep centre field.

Bo Bichette will be back in the lineup for the Toronto Blue Jays for Game 3 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. He's expected to start at second base, a position he played for the first time in the majors during Game 1. In his first game back after a knee sprain on September 6, Bichette went 1-for-2 with a walk. Isaiah Kiner-Falefa replaced Bichette as a pinch-runner in the sixth inning.