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Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

W
5
L
2
ERA
3.51
K
69
BB
13
Bio
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/176 lbs
Bat: R
Throw: R
Born: Bizen, Japan
Draft: Undrafted
  • New York Post

    Dodgers made late push for Blake Snell in MLB free agency before Giants deal

    Word is the Dodgers made a late play for Blake Snell before he opted for the rival Giants . As it was, L.A.'s winter was an all-timer: Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Teoscar Hernandez, James Paxton, more. The effort shows they still have money to spend, though. Blake Snell signed with the Giants in free agency. AP MLB approached Angel Hernandez about retiring three weeks ago , and when he showed some interest in a buyout, MLB and its most hated umpire worked it out in a couple weeks. Good job by MLB getting it done. He was a needless distraction. More From Jon Heyman The Yankees' underlying Juan Soto message is more positive than it seems What Pete Alonso, other Mets stars

  • ESPN.com

    Two new pitches in two months? How MLB has changed Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

    Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Perhaps nobody in the Los Angeles Dodgers' front office watched Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitch in Japan more often than Galen Carr, the longtime scout who now serves as vice president of player personnel. Last summer, at an Orix Buffaloes road game north of Tokyo, Carr watched Yamamoto unleash a pitch that took even him by surprise: A mid-90s fastball with arm-side run and sink, a two-seamer -- or a sinker, or a shuuto, depending on who you ask -- that sharply deviated from the hellacious four-pitch mix that had made him one of Major League Baseball's most coveted pitchers.

  • Inside The Pinstripes

    Yankees Showing Interest In Signing Phenom; Could Join Major Sweepstakes

    The New York Yankees missed out on one of the top free agents this past offseason and it sounds like it will enter another major sweepstakes next offseason. New York showed heavy interest in former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto but missed out as he eventually signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers after being posted. Yamamoto was one of the most intriguing free agents in recent memory and a handful of teams entered a bidding war in an attempt to land his services. A similar situation could break out next offseason as Chiba Lotte Marines ace Rōki Sasaki possibly will be posted.