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While Yoshinobu Yamamoto won World Series MVP, plenty of other players stepped up for the Dodgers, including Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani had a batting average of .282 this season while crushing 55 home runs and 102 RBI. He also made 14 starts on the mound, throwing 62 strikeouts, nine walks and holding an ERA of 2.87.

There is a parade in Los Angeles for a second straight season as the Dodgers ride through the city celebrating back-to-back World Series championships, and the official t-shirts are on sale now.

From all the moments in between the final out and the ring ceremony the following spring, being a World Series champion comes with no shortage of opportunity to bask in the glory of victory. But to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman,

Shohei Ohtani is the favorite to win his third consecutive MVP award and fourth in the past five seasons, while Yoshinobu Yamamoto joins Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes and the Phillies’