As for Yamamoto, the Yankees were finalists for the Japanese right-hander over the offseason. However, the Game 2 starter picked a record-setting, 12-year, $325 million contract with the Dodgers — and the chance to team up with fellow countryman Shohei Ohtani.

Jack Flaherty and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Games 1 and 2 for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Yankees in the W

With the Dodgers' season on the line, pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 5 of the NLDS opposite San Diego Padres starter Yu Darvish on Friday.

Jack Flaherty will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series opener against the New York Yankees and Gerrit Cole on Friday night at Dodger Stadium in a matchup of area natives. Flaherty is from nearby Burbank and attended high school at Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Jack Flaherty, who owns a 7.04 ERA through three postseason outings this month, will start Game 1 of the World Series against the visiting New York Yankees on Friday.

Flaherty shut out the Mets for seven innings in Game 1 of the NLCS but gave up eight runs in three innings in Game 5. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 2 against the Yankees.

The Los Angeles Dodgers dominated the New York Mets in Game 6 of the NLCS, winning the National League Pennant. The Dodgers are moving on to face the New York Yankees in the World Series, in a showdown featuring baseball’s two best players Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani.