Can the Dodgers force a World Series winner-take-all Game 7?

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00:00Can the Blue Jays close things out tonight or does Freddie Freeman show

00:04Heyo Tanya and the boys got themselves a little magic left in them.

00:07Let's talk all things game six with MLB insider John Heyman.

00:12John, appreciate you coming on with us today.

00:15Big game tonight.

00:17So can you give us everything that you think we need to know

00:20and everything you're kind of keeping your eye out on in game six tonight?

00:24Well, the Blue Jays obviously can clinch the world championship tonight.

00:29Maybe four games to two if they do win it.

00:31And they have seems like the momentum on their side winning the two games

00:35after that 18 inning game.

00:37It's funny.

00:37This is the second time the Dodgers have been in this situation

00:40where they won an 18 inning World Series game happened in 2018.

00:44Then the loss the next two ended up losing the World Series.

00:47This case they have lost two in a row right now.

00:49It feels like it's all going the Blue Jays way.

00:52The one thing the Dodgers really have gone for them in this elimination game.

00:56And Yoshinobu Yamamoto is pitching for them.

01:00That is their best pitcher in this postseason.

01:03Obviously, Stelts had some big games,

01:04but not been quite as consistent as Yamamoto has.

01:09That wouldn't be the reason to really feel like you've got someone

01:12to hang your hat on if you are a Dodger fan right now.

01:14Obviously, they've got Otani and Freeman and Betts, as you mentioned.

01:18But the Dodgers aren't hitting.

01:20Their bullpen is questionable.

01:21They've lost the home field.

01:24We are here in Canada right now where it is 44 degrees.

01:27Feels like 29.

01:28At least that's what they tell me.

01:30And Jays got it all going their way,

01:33except for Yamamoto right now standing in their way.

01:35But Jays just need to win one out of two to win this World Series

01:38in what would be a pretty big upset.

01:41Not the biggest I've seen, but a fairly big one.

01:44Let's stay on Yamamoto because we've seen some pretty much world-class pitching

01:49in this World Series so far.

01:51I've read a fun stat where only three pitchers have thrown

01:54three consecutive complete games in the postseason.

01:57Yamamoto is going to get that start tonight at the Rogers Center

02:00where he threw his second consecutive complete game,

02:03and that was last Saturday.

02:05Do you think he has enough in the tank for Dave Roberts

02:09to let him go the distance tonight?

02:11Well, I think Dave Roberts is going to want him let him go the distance

02:14based on how their bullpen has a 4-5-6 ERA this postseason,

02:20and you wouldn't even think it was that good.

02:21Feels like a relief roulette right now for the Dodgers.

02:24So they certainly would like to see Yamamoto do it a third time in a row,

02:28which would be incredible.

02:29There were only 29 complete games in the regular season this year.

02:32For him to do it three times in a row in a postseason

02:35where your competition is obviously that is strongest,

02:38would be amazing.

02:39So certainly Yamamoto and Otani are the reason the Dodgers are still alive,

02:44and they'll rest their hopes on Yamamoto today to get them to game seven.

02:51Obviously, things seem to be going Toronto's way.

02:54Yamamoto is definitely the one guy standing in their way right now.

02:58Otani, world star, absolute superstar, especially with the bat.

03:03But when it comes to his availability on the mound tonight,

03:06do you think that we see him at some point kind of pitch in relief?

03:10And can you kind of break down to the casuals that are watching

03:13the rules regarding his two-way player status tonight?

03:17Right, yeah, that's the reason I doubt we'll see him in relief.

03:20Don't count it as a 0% chance, but I don't see it.

03:23If he comes in in relief, they lose the DH.

03:26I just don't see that happening.

03:29You know, it just does not seem very probable at this point.

03:32Don't want to lose the DH.

03:34Obviously, they have the best DH in the world in Otani.

03:37So I'm not seeing that as a possibility.

03:40I mean, you know, they're going to tell you all hands on deck.

03:42That comes with some limits.

03:44In this case, it's a completely unique situation

03:46where a potential reliever is also your best hitter.

03:50So they don't want to lose their best hitter.

03:52I understand their relief situation isn't good.

03:55But to me, the key is Yamamoto.

03:58They want him to go the whole way.

04:00If he doesn't, certainly Sasaki is the main guy.

04:04Then they've got other guys that they can try.

04:06Trinan obviously was great last year.

04:08He's been good in the clutch overall.

04:10But, I mean, their circle of trust is down to like two to three guys top.

04:14So it is a tough situation for Dave Roberts.

04:17But right now, he's got his fingers crossed that Yamamoto can pull off the improbable

04:22and do that third straight complete game in the postseason.

04:25Final thoughts, John.

04:26Finish us off.

04:27Is this the night where the Blue Jays officially take down the defending champs?

04:31Well, I'm not good on predictions.

04:33I'll say this.

04:34At this point, I do think the Blue Jays are winning this World Series.

04:37I think Yamamoto gives the Dodgers a fighting chance tonight to delay it to game seven.

04:42But it's difficult to say the way that the Dodgers are hitting right now.

04:46And I get you.

04:46Savage has been savage.

04:48He's been unbelievable.

04:49And he was incredible against the Yankees and incredible against the Dodgers.

04:53And the two gems, 23 strikeouts, three hits.

04:56So, you know, that's part of the reason the Dodgers have never seen him before other than

05:01game one for a few innings.

05:03But they're just not hitting.

05:05They didn't hit that great against Milwaukee.

05:07They won it with the pitching.

05:08We're going to need to see Betts do better.

05:10We're going to see Freeman obviously had the big home run that won game three in a walk-off.

05:15Second guy, first guy to ever hit two walk-off World Series home runs.

05:19So they have all-time greats on this team.

05:21They have all-famers on this team.

05:22But right now, it feels like things are going the Blue Jays' way.

05:26I'm not going to say it's going to be tonight, definitely.

05:28But look, Toronto, nobody saw this coming.

05:31Even though they won one more game than the Dodgers, they did not have the names.

05:35But they do have a complete team.

05:37They have a very deep lineup.

05:39They have a deep bench.

05:40Their bullpen is doing better than we would have expected.

05:43And your savage has been really a savior for that rotation, which obviously looked very

05:48veteran at the beginning of the year.

05:51But, you know, Scherzer has gone out and pitched twice here in the postseason.

05:54But obviously, they lost Berrios.

05:57Bassett is now a great bullpen piece.

06:00So, I mean, you know, right now, there's so much going the Blue Jays' way.

06:04It's hard to see the Dodgers, the $400 million Dodgers, winning two games in a row.

06:08Never know.

06:09Never can say never.

06:10But right now, it feels like it is going all the Blue Jays' way.

06:13John Hamey, we appreciate your time and having fun out there at Game 6.

06:18Thanks a lot, Brandon.

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