Trey Yesavage Made History And Tulane Got Ratioed

Norby’s Clapback

Norby, Miami’s second baseman and a proud ECU alum, quote-tweeted: “How do you make Trey’s performance about you at all. Stay in your lane little bro.” Norby and Yesavage never shared a clubhouse in Greenville—Norby’s last season was 2021, Yesavage arrived in 2022—but the Pirate connection still travels. It’s rivalry energy, and a big leaguer defending a young arm who just leveled up.

What Changed In The Scouting Report

Tulane's clip was a cute snapshot, but Yesavage's performance on the World Series stage showed he's grown up.

In World Series Game 5, the Dodgers saw a mid-90s four-seamer he fired at the letters, a hard slider he could land for strikes or make them chase, and a nasty splitter/change that missed bats all night.

Statcast credited him with 23 swinging strikes, paired with seven scoreless frames and zero walks. That’s professional sequencing and execution.

The Records

Yesavage struck out 12 with no walks over seven innings, becoming the first pitcher in World Series history to post 12 K and 0 BB in a game. He also set the rookie single-game strikeout record in the Fall Classic, topping Don Newcombe’s 11 from 1949. It was only his sixth major-league start, in just the third big-league park he’d ever started in, and it delivered a 6–1 win and a 3–2 series lead.

The Rocket Ride

Yesavage's path to that stage was incredible. He started in Low-A with the Dunedin Blue Jays in April, followed by High-A with the Vancouver Canadians in May, Double-A with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in June, and Triple-A with the Buffalo Bisons by mid-August. In September, he made his major league debut. Six months, four stops, then October.

The Tulane banter reads cute next to a fast-tracked pro with grown-man pitch shapes and command bands.

Glory Days

Tulane had its night. Yesavage had plenty in college too, including a 2.02 ERA with 145 strikeouts for ECU in 2024. The version on the mound now is writing a new report in real time: a fastball that holds plane up in the zone, a slider that tunnels late, and a split/change that hitters can’t comfortably spit on twice. One college game doesn’t define a career. The World Series start doesn’t erase the past; it just makes it less relevant.

The Green Wave can have its memory. Yesavage has bigger ones.