You read it here first, or at least for the first time since their rotation started crumbling like the California coastline: The Dodgers will win the World Series.
Order the rings. Schedule the parade.
The Dodgers have Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Almost six months after he pitched his first game for them, they finally have the real Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The diminutive Japanese right-hander made his long-awaited return from the injured list on Tuesday night, and he was everything the Dodgers said he would be when they signed him over the winter.