"The Blue Jays' offense has been explosive this entire postseason, putting up runs and barrelling baseballs. Through the majority of the starting pitching Toronto has faced, Yamamoto has been the biggest struggle. His last start against the Blue Jays was Game 2 of the World Series in Toronto, where he pitched a complete game. Yamamoto only allowed one run on four hits, striking out eight hitters in nine innings."
"The short answer is simple: the Blue Jays need to get on base and move guys over. They've been doing this all postseason long. Station to station, a run at a time. How do they do that? Approach! This may be easy to say, especially against a tough pitcher that utilizes seven pitches in his toolbox. The first hope is that his main out-pitches don't exactly work as well as they do. Yamamoto's splitter is his bread and butter, followed by a curveball."
Toronto is one win from a World Series title but must solve Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who blanked them in Game 2 with a complete game, allowing one run on four hits and striking out eight in nine innings. Yamamoto's arsenal centers on a dominant splitter and an effective curveball; he used 34 splitters and 23 curveballs in his last outing against Toronto. The Blue Jays need to reach base, advance runners, and manufacture runs with a station-to-station approach. Targeting the splitter, sitting on the curve, shortening the two-strike approach to force contact, and anticipating Yamamoto working backwards can create offensive opportunities.
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