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Toronto Blue Jays Lefty, the former reliever, also won the World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers

Toronto Blue Jays Lefty, the former reliever, also won the World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series, four games to one. It was the eighth championship in franchise history for the Dodgers.

Teoscar Hernandez and Kevin Kiermaier, a pair of players who played for the Toronto Blue Jays, were part of the Dodgers’ run to the championship and will receive World Series rings.

However, two players with lesser ties to the Jays also receive World Series rings in Los Angeles.

Reliever Daniel Hudson, who spent part of the 2019 season with the Blue Jays, gets some gems. It’s his second career ring after winning the title in 2019 with the Washington Nationals after being traded from Toronto.

Also, pitcher Ryan Yarbrough, who finished the year with Toronto, will get one after pitching in 32 games for Los Angeles earlier this season.

As for Hudson, he played 15 years in the big leagues with the Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates, Dodgers, Blue Jays, Nationals and San Diego Padres. He is now 37 and retiring.

He debuted with the White Sox in 2009 and was the Nationals’ closer after being acquired from Toronto in 2019.

Lifetime, he went 65-45 with a 3.74 ERA. He has served as a starter for parts of his career, even winning 16 games with the Diamondbacks since 2011. He went 6-3 in 45 games with Toronto.

He made 17 career postseason appearances, pitching to a 1-2 record with a 6.00 ERA.

Yarbrough, 32, appeared in 12 games for the Jays this season after coming over from the Dodgers. He threw 31.1 innings for Toronto with a 2.01 ERA.

A seven-year veteran of the Tampa Bay Rays, Dodgers, Kansas City Royals and Blue Jays, he is 53-40 lifetime with a 4.21 ERA. Played in 196 career games, making 68 starts.

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