This year’s World Series will feature two teams who used their starting pitching staffs in unique ways.
While Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw 173 2/3 innings in the regular season and has turned into the Dodgers’ unquestioned ace, Clayton Kershaw (112 2/3 innings) has been an afterthought and Dustin May (104 innings) spent the second half in Boston.
On the other side, the Toronto Blue Jays got 100+ innings out of Kevin Gausman (who will start one of the first games of the World Series), Chris Bassitt (who has worked out of the bullpen this postseason) and Eric Lauer (who has made one postseason appearance).