Elias Meredith's Top Three World Series Performances
- emeredith55
- Nov 6
- 3 min read
By Elias Meredith 11/6/25 Sportz Nation
The 2025 World Series had sports fans all over the world captivated. On average, the 2025 World Series games had 34 million viewers throughout the series. That is the most average viewership since the 2017 World Series.
There were three performances that caught my eye in the series, and showed these players ability to execute at the biggest stage.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto:
9.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 8 K
(Game 2)
“He is the number one pitcher in the world.” That is what Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani said about his teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto after their Game 7 win. Yamamoto definitely lived up to that standard every time his number was called.
Yamamoto’s postseason run will go down in history as one of the best, and he is just in his second year on the major league level. His most impressive outing of the World Series came in Game 2, where he pitched the first complete game since Johnny Cueto did in, ironically also in Game 2 of his respective series.
After the Blue Jays had runners on for the first three innings and pushed across a run in the third, Yamamoto started to settle in. The 27-year-old would retire the last twenty batters he faced in the ball game by mixing his pitches in and around the strike zone, and inducing a lot of weak contact from batters he faced.
Yamamoto would go on to win World Series MVP after closing out Game 7 of the World Series, after throwing 96 pitches the day before in Game 6. Yamamoto would become the second Japanese-born player to win the prestigious award, joining two-time all-star Hideki Matsui.
Miguel Rojas:
2-5, R, HR, RBI
(Game 7)
Championship teams always have a player that steps up when nobody expects him to. Miguel Rojas was that player for the Dodgers in Game 7.
Bottom of the ninth, down by one, one out, facing Blue Jays closer, Jeff Hoffman, who has only allowed one run all postseason up to that point. Rojas stepped to the dish, looking to get on base and pass the baton, but he did much more than that.
Rojas would work the count full after six pitches were seen in the at-bat. On the seventh pitch, Rojas would have the biggest swing of his career, punishing a hanging slider over the left field wall to tie Game 7 at four in the ninth inning. Rojas first home run of the postseason came at the biggest stage.
Rojas also showed why he was a gold glove finalist this year. The 12-year veteran made a huge play defensively that helped the Dodgers push Game 7 to extra innings. Cutting down the game-winning run at home in the bottom of the ninth.
Alejandro Kirk:
3-3, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI (Game 1)
While he may not fit the profile of a major league player, the 5’8”, 245 pound catcher out of Mexico joined Vladimir Guerrero Jr. this year to represent the Blue Jays in the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, and he showed why he was selected in Game 1 of the World Series.
Alejandro Kirk came out firing in his first appearance in the Fall Classic. He would reach base all four times and blast a two-run home run in the sixth inning to balloon the Blue Jays lead to nine runs, giving them their first World Series win in 32 years.
Thank you for reading!
Elias Meredith (@EAM_55)
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