2025 was filled with starting pitching debuts for players who certainly look like they're the real deal. The Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski, the Yankees' Cam Schlitter, the Mets' Nolan McLean and Jonah Tong, the Red Sox's Payton Tolle and Connelly Early, and the Blue Jays' Trey Yesavage, Toronto's Game 1 World Series starter, all took the spotlight at points throughout the campaign. When Yesavage, who's outlasted the rest, takes the mound on Friday evening, he'll be the second-youngest pitcher to ever start a World Series game.
It's a lot of pressure for John Schneider to put on his rookie, who had only three regular season starts before he made the Blue Jays' ALDS roster, but Yesavage already no-hit the Yankees over 5 1/3 innings in Game 2 of that series.