The Los Angeles Dodgers are getting ready for the World Series, and Shohei Ohtani is once again playing a huge role.

Vesia went 4-2 with a 3.02 ERA in 68 regular-season games. He is 2-0 with a 3.86 ERA in seven postseason appearances.

Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia was not with the team in Toronto on Thursday, one day before Game 1 of the World Series, because of a “deeply personal family matter,” the Dodgers said in a statement posted on social media.

The Dodgers fired up their fanbase Wednesday with a "Toronto" themed Shohei Ohtani post before facing the Blue Jays.

Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández return to Toronto among biggest World Series storylines originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. have received heroic contributions from Teoscar Hernández in both the regular season and MLB postseason in each of the past two seasons.

The Los Angeles Dodgers roster is flying all the way to Canada for the first leg of the World Series in Toronto, as they hope to win back-to-back rings.

Countless Blue Jays bats preach the progress under Toronto’s trio of hitting coaches — Hunter Mense, Lou Iannotti and Popkins.

After a tense American League Championship Series, the Toronto Blue Jays earned the right to host the Dodgers in the first World Series game on Friday. And the Dodgers are entering the matchup as a heavy favorite, thanks in large part to another blockbuster offseason that reloaded their roster with top-tier talent.