The Japanese pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, He continues to show more and more that he takes the mound that little by little his bad starts are in the past and that his adaptation to Major League Baseball is something that continues to advance steadily and the Japanese is putting up great numbers in recent times .
In what was the Dodgers’ most recent start on Saturday when they had To face the Chicago Cubs, Yamamoto dominated the organization of the Windy City from start to finish, where the pitcher limited the offensive lineup without a run in five innings of work, only allowing three hits, giving two tickets and fanned a total of 8 rivals.
Yamamoto also allowed a hit in the bottom of the second inning and From that precise moment he retired a total of 10 consecutive rivals without major problems, while the Los Angeles Dodgers were able to make 3 backup runs at the top of the fifth inning to support the Japanese pitcher.
He did the job and Roberts put him to rest
Starting in the sixth inning of the match, the leader of the Los Angeles organization Dave Roberts, He decided to replace Yamamoto with pitcher Ryan Brasier after the Japanese had already thrown 80 pitches at the plate, of which he was able to place a total of 53 in the strike zone.
Yamamoto for the Rookie of the Year award
It is clear that the Japanese pitcher will be competing for the National League Rookie of the Year award of the 2024 season as long as he continues with this good performance every time he takes the mound, but he will have to face the Venezuelan Jackson Chourio who is a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Japanese pitcher lowered his ERA to 4.09 after throwing a total of 10 scoreless innings in his last two starts; The Japanese currently has a 0-1 record with 15 men struck out in 11 innings of work.
Yamamoto has had to fight against adversity
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been the victim of accusations and lawsuits against him after after having had two bad outings in spring training ahead of the 2024 Major League Baseball season. In addition to this, the Japanese official debut was against the San Diego Padres in Seoul, South Korea, it was not positive at all after having been the man who received 5 runs against him in the same first inning of the game and did not return to appear for the second inning.
Despite this, since then the rookie has been making quite an improvement notable in each of his outings and on March 30 he had a solid start of 5 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts against the St. Louis Cardinals team. While for now on his trip to Chicago he once again showed that he is up for great things in the current Major League Baseball season.
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