Six years after Yoshinobbu Yamamoto, saw a playoff game from the husky dodger stadium stand and decided that he had to play in the major league one day, the right -handed man pulled his white number 18 jersey and a blue cap on a blue cap in the center field pavilion.
The best pitcher of consensus outside North America reached one of its goals on Wednesday, which joined the doseers on a 12-year contract, allegedly the largest and the longest guarantee of a major league pitcher.
But the 25 -year -old IC of Japan’s top league would not be satisfied without several occasions to experience the Los Angeles playoff environment, which he absorbed as a teenager who watched the Kenta Maida on the mound in Chavez Revin in 2017.
When he plays with Shohi Ohtani with his star-stamped New Club, Yamamoto also intends to inspire any dreaming youth at the Dodor Stadium Stand.
Yamamoto said through his interpreter, “By moving ahead today, I promise all the fans of LA to focus on everything I focus on everything to be a better player, and to become a world champion as a member of the Dozers,” Yamamoto said through his interpreter. “I will only stop praising the players I have seen, but try to become a player who wants to be another.”
Yamamoto has been Japan’s most prominent pitcher in the last few sessions, and Orix Buffalo was distinguished by teams in large companies after he was selected to leave this offense.
Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto converted dodgers to ‘Ocean 11’
Large budget, pitching-poor doseers put Yamamoto to sign a $ 700 million contract to sign a two-way Al MVP Ohtani in their abusive winter expenses and to signing a contract of $ 700 million and right-handed Tyler Glassno on the five-year deal after his acquisition with Tampa Bay.
Manager Dave Roberts said, “This is a monumental offsen for all of us.” “It is a privilege to be here, but I don’t think hopes have changed. The roster has been extended with some good young players, but our goal is to always compete for the championship.”
Dozers have high hopes for Yamamoto, which is of 5-Foot-10 right-handed with the ability to become a major-league ace after a stellar starts for its career in Japan. Dozers did not disclose the value of the deal, but several media reports have tagged it in $ 325 million.
After winning the three straightforward most valuable players in the Nippon Pacific League, Yamamoto seems to be more than ready to start its new chapter. While showing a confident smile during his first public appearance in Los Angeles, Yamamoto opened his news conference by speaking in English.
“I am beyond ecstasy to become a member of this historical franchise,” said Yamamoto. “I can’t express how much it means to be able to call Los Angeles their new home.”
Yamamoto scored 16–6 to 169 runs with 1.21 ERA, while out of 169 this year and just 28 on foot, Japanese Pitching Triple Crown won by winning, strikeouts and leading the league in Era. The list of his six-pickers performs a trusted splitter, an effective four-seem fastball and a vicious curveball, which are all thrown with excellent commands.
He has thrown two no-hitters in the last two years, and his career is 1.72 ERA. Yamamoto is exceptionally good in limiting the power of his opponents, allowing only 36 homer in its seven sessions in Japan – including two in 164 innings in the previous season.
While Yencis and Mets were seriously chasing Yamamoto this month among several clubs, he believes that the free agency had strong feelings about the doseers before the process started. He said that apart from Ohtani of Los Angeles, he helped in his decision, but only because it made this perennial claimant a better team.
Yamamoto explained through his interpreter, “I wouldn’t say that he was the only reason to decide to come here, and if he went somewhere else I would have still ended in LA,” Yamamoto explained through his interpreter. “Winning now and winning in the future was probably the most important thing in decision making.”
Yamamoto said, “His success as a winning franchise was the most important thing for me.”
Dozers placed Yamamoto with full force of their deep resources and global ambitions, but through personal conversation with Roberts and the team’s current core, including Muki Bates, Freddy Freeman, Will Smith, Bobby Miller and Otani.
Yamamoto said, “(I) could feel that the clubhouse atmosphere even within the meeting, and it really resonated.”
Three new players of Los Angeles are joining one of the most consistent winners in recent major league history. Los Angeles has 13 direct winning seasons, performed 11 consecutive playoffs and won at least 100 games out of five of the last six full Major League campaign, winning three NL Penetants and 2020 World Series.
But the dozers were important for a roster to pitching after a disappointing series of injuries and failures this season, which still won 100 games on the shoulders of Bats and Freeman.
The hurt-caused Clayton Karshaw was the only early pitcher, throwing over 125 innings or posted a qualifying era less than 3.75 for dosters, which eventually left the division series by NL Champion Arizona.
The contracts given to Ohtani, Yamamoto and Glassno by Dosters are potentially worth more than $ 1.1 billion, and Los Angeles will also pay a posting fee of around $ 50 million to sign Yamamoto. But two Japanese stars generate important international revenue that will offset the cost of deals for a team that is already one of the richest of Major with its local television deal and bountrical gate revenue with the highest presence in MLB since 2012.
Yamamoto’s English has strengthened even during her brief time in North America this month, according to her agent Joel Wolf, who said that Yamamoto’s sister is an English teacher. Roberts, who were born in Japan, intend to improve their own communication skills on this adventure with two of their new stars.
Roberts smiled and said, “(Yamamoto) is going to challenge me on my Japanese, and I am going to challenge him in English, and hopefully we will meet somewhere in the middle.”
Reporting by Associated Press.
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