LOS ANGELES — Trey Yesavage has provided a wonderful little reminder to the global baseball community: It’s possible that something special, so historic, so dominant, can remain a secret.
Make no mistake: Word is out now.
Tens of millions of fans from Canada to Tokyo to Sunset Boulevard now know plenty about Yesavage, about the 22-year-old’s crazy arm angle and audacious splitter, his preternatural calm and this historic postseason run that has put the Toronto Blue Jays on the verge of a World Series championship.
A few million more found out Oct. 29, when Yesavage walked into Dodger Stadium and in Game 5 of the World Series brought a lineup filled with Hall of Famers, a roster of defending World Series champions and more than 52,000 fans to their knees with a suffocating performance.
Across seven innings, he struck out a dozen batters, held the great Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman hitless in 11 at-bats, and pitched the Toronto Blue Jays within one win of their first World Series title since 1993 with a 6-1 victory over the Dodgers.
