Trey Yesavage is making headlines around the world after Wednesday\u2019s Blue Jays game\u2014but just a few months ago, he was playing at Vancouver\u2019s Nat Bailey Stadium. <\/p>\n
Baseball fans who took in a minor league game at Vancouver\u2019s Nat Bailey Stadium on a cloudy Saturday this spring had no idea they were watching a pitcher who would go on to make World Series history for the Toronto Blue Jays mere months later. <\/p>\n
Twenty-two-year-old Trey Yesavage struck out 12 batters and walked no one in Wednesday\u2019s victory over the LA Dodgers\u2014something an MLB rookie has never before done in the Fall Classic. <\/p>\n
The pitcher\u2019s stunning debut season started when he was drafted by the Blue Jays and assigned to the team\u2019s single-A affiliate Vancouver Canadians. Yesavage played four games for the Canadians, including one at Nat Bailey Stadium on May 31. <\/p>\n
Among those watching Wednesday was Tyler Zickel, the Canadians\u2019 broadcasting and media relations manager. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to put into words, but we\u2019re super proud of Trey,\u201d Zickel said. \u201cIt\u2019s honestly one of the best outings, I think, in post-season or World Series history.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zickel said as a rapt viewer of the game he was caught up in a \u201cwhirlwind of emotions\u201d and \u201cliving and dying on every pitch\u201d of the record-setting outing, made all the more remarkable given Yesavage has only pitched eight games in the majors\u2014five in the post-season. <\/p>\n
Yesavage\u2019s standout performance Wednesday saw him strike out every batter in the LA Dodgers stacked starting line-up at least once, including Shohei Ohtani \u2013 the pitcher-slugger who is widely regarded as one of the greatest to ever play the game \u2013 and former MVPs Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. <\/p>\n
And he did it with poise and confidence far beyond his years. <\/p>\n
\u201cI get asked all the time, \u2018What do you think Trey\u2019s thinking?\u2019 And I think he\u2019s a lot more cool, calm and collected than a lot of us watching,\u201d Zickel said, noting Yesavage confidently told reporters \u201cI\u2019m built for this\u201d when asked about the pressure of starting in the post-season with only three big league games under his belt. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been unbelievable to see his successes and how he\u2019s able to handle the big moments,\u201d Zickel said. <\/p>\n
The Blue Jays victory gave them a 3-2 lead in the best of seven series over the heavily favoured Dodgers, and gave Toronto\u2019s players another reason to celebrate before heading home for Game 6. <\/p>\n
One of the traditional duties for rookie players in Major League Baseball is carrying the team\u2019s beer after a victory. <\/p>\n
And according to a social media post from teammate Tyler Heineman, that\u2019s exactly what Yesavage did Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Jays’ catcher Tyler Heineman shares a video of Trey Yesavage fulfilling rookie duties… after striking out 12 in the World Series. \ud83e\udd23\ud83c\udf7b<\/p>\n
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