Dodgers introduce Yoshinobu Yamamoto
\n\n”, “providerName”: “Twitter”, “providerUrl”: “https://twitter.com”, “thumbnail_url”:null, “type”: “oembed”, “width”:550, “contentType “:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content=”It's also the longest free agent contract for a full-time pitcher (two-way stars not included) since Wayne Garland with Cleveland He signed for 10 years and $2.3 million in 1977. He was released five years later.\n\nThe blockbuster for Yamamoto comes after the Dodgers had already won the offseason by signing Shohei Ohtani to a stunning 10- signed to a $700 million-a-year contract with unprecedented deferments, then traded for right-hander Tyler Glasnow and extended him to bolster their rotation.\n\n“I wouldn't say\\[Ohtani\\] “That was the only reason I decided to come here,” Yamamoto said through an interpreter. “Even if he had gone somewhere else, I probably still would have ended up in LA as a Dodger. Furthermore, Shohei is obviously not only one of the best Japanese players, but also one of the best players ever in the entire MLB. “To be able to play with him from now on means a lot to me.”\n\nThe trio of Ohtani, Yamamoto and Glasnow represent more than $1.1 billion in deals signed by Los Angeles this offseason, and the “It's been an exciting few weeks for the Dodgers community,” said general manager Brandon Gomes, “and the opportunity to make one.” Add starting player.” As decorated and talented as Yoshinobu Yamamoto, this is a great way to close out 2023 and contribute to what we expect to be an exciting 2024 season. “html”:
Let's work, Yoshinobu. pic.twitter.com/3t1Q1NyhMI
– Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 27, 2023
\n\n\n”,”providerName”: “Twitter”, “providerUrl”: “https://twitter.com”, “thumbnail_url”:null,”type”: “oembed”, “width”:550, “contentType”: “rich”}, {“__typename”: “Markdown”, “content”: As his historic deal shows, the 25-year-old Yamamoto is considered a potential front-line starter despite his slim frame. The 5-foot-10's repertoire -Right-handed pitching includes a fastball that sits in the mid-to-upper 90s and several wipeout secondary pitches, including his signature curveball, as well as a splitter and cutter/slider.\n\nHe's coming to the majors He's won the last three seasons Pitching Triple Crown in Nippon Professional Baseball, leading the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts and winning the Eiji Sawamura Award – Japan's version of the Cy Young. Overall, he posted a 49-16 record with a 1.44 ERA during that span and 580 strikeouts.
Yoshinobu and Shohei, together again. pic.twitter.com/Ch0jDsgjA2
– Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 27, 2023
\n\n\n”,”providerName”: “Twitter”, “providerUrl”: “https://twitter.com”, “thumbnail_url”:null,”type”: “oembed”, “width”:550, “contentType”: “rich”}, {“__typename”: “Markdown”, “content”: “We couldn't be more excited to bring Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the Dodgers,” Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman said. in a statement. “You don't win three MVP awards at 25 without an exceptional combination of talent, work ethic and mental toughness. He is an elite pitcher with an impressive dedication to his craft that will only become more dynamic in a Dodger uniform We are very pleased that he will be a mainstay at the top of our starting lineup for years to come.” type: “text”}]”relativeSiteUrl”: “/news/dodgers-introduce-yoshinobu-yamamoto”, ” contentType”: “news”, “subHeadline”:null, “summary”: “Los Angeles announced a 12-year deal with coveted Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Wednesday, five days after signing the contract, according to sources. The deal is worth $325 million, sources told MLB.com insider Mark Feinsand, and the Dodgers are also open to a booking fee of around $100 million. :null,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”storytype-article”,”title”:”Article”,”type”:”article”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-119″,”title”:”Los Angeles Dodgers”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:119″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-808967″,”title”:”Yoshinobu Yamamoto”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:808967″},”type”:”player”}]”type”: “story”, “thumbnail”: “https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/lusrqvnzd2s1qvsugdhu”, “title”: “Dodgers introduce Yoshinobu Yamamoto .” “},”webPropertiesCollection({\”limit\”:1,\”locale\”:\”en-US\”,\”preview\”:false,\”where\”:{\”propertiesId\ “: \”mlb-global-properties\”}})”:{“__typename”:”CF_WebPropertiesCollection”,”items”:[{“__typename”:”CF_WebProperties”,”organismHeadlineFont”:null,”urlLogo”:null,”favicon”:null,”headerMastheadTagline”:null,”headerPrimaryLogo”:null,”headerMastheadTaglineContainerWidth”:”512px”,”headerMastheadTaglineContainerHeight”:”56px”,”organismLogoVersion”:”caplogo”,”organismLogoStyle”:”light”,”headerMastheadLogoVersion”:”cap”,”headerMastheadLogoStyle”:”dark”,”footerLogoVersion”:”primary”,”footerLogoStyle”:”dark”,”headlineTextTransform”:”none”,”headlineFontFamily”:null,”headlineFontFamilySizeMultiplier”:1,”articleVideoAutoPlay”:true,”articleVideoAutoPlaySound”:false}]},”paletteCollection({\”limit\”:1,\”locale\”:\”en-US\”,\”preview\”:false,\”where\”:{\”paletteName_contains\”:\ “mlb-base-palette\”}})”:{“__typename”:”CF_PaletteCollection”,”items”:[{“__typename”:”CF_Palette”,”headerNavigationBackgroundColor”:”#041E42″,”headerNavigationTextColor”:”#ffffff”,”headerNavigationTextColorHover”:”#ffffff”,”headerNavigationBorderColor”:”#057AFF”,”headerMastheadBackgroundColor”:”#002D72″,”buttonSpotlightBackgroundColor”:”#333333″,”buttonSpotlightBackgroundColorHover”:”lighten”,”buttonSpotlightTextColor”:”#ffffff”,”buttonSpotlightTextColorHover”:”#ffffff”,”footerBackgroundColor”:”#333″,”footerBorderColor”:”#f3f3f3″,”footerLinkColorActive”:”#fff”,”footerLinkColor”:”#ffffff”,”footerLinkColorHover”:”#147CD1″,”footerTextColor”:”#d2d2d2″}]},”dictionarySetCollection({\”locale\”:\”en-US\”,\”preview\”:false,\”where\”:{\”dictionaryTag_contains_all\”:\”mlb-news\”}} )”:{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySetCollection”,”items”:[{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySet”,”key”:”news_recommended”,”dictionaryValue”:”You may have missed…”},{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySet”,”key”:”news_newsletter_placeholder”,”dictionaryValue”:”Enter your email”},{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySet”,”key”:”news_newsletter_signup”,”dictionaryValue”:”Sign up”},{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySet”,”key”:”news_newsletter_error”,”dictionaryValue”:”Something went wrong, please try again.”},{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySet”,”key”:”news_newsletter_subscribed”,”dictionaryValue”:”This email has already been registered for this newsletter!”},{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySet”,”key”:”news_did_you_like”,”dictionaryValue”:”Did you like this story?”},{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySet”,”key”:”news_in_this_story”,”dictionaryValue”:”In this story:”},{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySet”,”key”:”news_share”,”dictionaryValue”:”Share”},{“__typename”:”CF_DictionarySet”,”key”:”news_related”,”dictionaryValue”:”Related”}]},”newsArticleCollection({\”locale\”:\”en-US\”,\”preview\”:false,\”where\”:{\”team\”:{\”teamId\”:\” mlb\”}}})”:{“__typename”:”CF_NewsArticleCollection”,”items”:[{“__typename”:”CF_NewsArticle”,”articleVideoAutoPlay”:true,”articleVideoAutoPlaySound”:false,”fallbackThumbnail”:{“__typename”:”CF_Asset”,”url”:”https://images.ctfassets.net/iiozhi00a8lc/7rLiL2FzRtYvRA6WljKhNY/359c3d0e14e8deced16d006ecb2f4218/mlb_fallback_2.jpg”},”heightMinForSticky”:2500,”injectedContent”:null,”name”:”MLB”,”newsletters”:[“1026″,”43″],”newsletterLogoOnDark”:{“__typename”: “CF_Asset”, “url”: https://images.ctfassets.net/iiozhi00a8lc/3fE2BELMOibUAYkIkm2JFQ/f22ebd420a787e1c11d40bb988a0d156/ML_ONDARK.png”},”newsletterLogoOnLight”:{“__ typename “: ” CF_Asset”, “url”: “https://images.ctfassets.net/iiozhi00a8lc/6J5GjrxzTtIABu6Aditbjg/e4d2c3577f3bef4c44ee62903acfe434/ML_ONLIGHT.png”}, “newsletterMessaging”: “Sign up to receive our daily news [Morning Lineup](https://www.mlb.com) to stay up to date on the latest trending topics in Major League Baseball. ${email} was added successfully. \n\nVisit her [account profile](https://www.mlb.com/account \”Account Profile\”) to manage your subscriptions “,”tagPrefixTeam”:null,”team”:{“__typename”: “CF_Team”, “teamId”: ” mlb”, “name”: “MLB”, “teamNameDisplay”: “Major League Baseball”},”newsletters ({\”locale\”:\”en-US\”})”:[“1026″,”43″]}]},”newsArticleCollection({\”locale\”:\”en-US\”,\”preview\”:false,\”where\”:{\”name\”:\”MASTER\”}} )”:{“__typename”:”CF_NewsArticleCollection”,”items”:[{“__typename”:”CF_NewsArticle”,”articleVideoAutoPlay”:true,”articleVideoAutoPlaySound”:false,”fallbackThumbnail”:{“__typename”:”CF_Asset”,”url”:”https://images.ctfassets.net/iiozhi00a8lc/7rLiL2FzRtYvRA6WljKhNY/359c3d0e14e8deced16d006ecb2f4218/mlb_fallback_2.jpg”},”heightMinForSticky”:2500,”injectedContent”:{“3”:{“type”:”ad”},”6″:{“type”:”related”},”8″:{“type”:”ad”},”10″:{“type”:”newsletter”},”paragraphWordCount”:50,”displayAdDelay”:30000},”name”:”MASTER”,”newsletters”:[“1026″,”43″],”newsletterLogoOnDark”:null,”newsletterLogoOnLight”:null,”newsletterMessaging”:”Sign up to receive our daily newspaper [Morning Lineup](https://www.mlb.com) to stay up to date on the latest trending topics in Major League Baseball. ${email} was added successfully. \n\nVisit her [account profile](https://www.mlb.com/account \”Account Profile\”) to manage your subscriptions. player”,”tagPrefixTeam”:null,”team”:null}]}}}} window.adobeAnalytics = {“reportingSuiteId”: “mlbglobal08, mlbcom08”, “linkInternalFilters”: “mlb”} window.globalState = {“tracking_title :: “Major League Baseball”, “lang”: “en”} window.appId = '' /*–>*/
December 27, 2023
According to sources, Los Angeles announced a 12-year contract with coveted Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Wednesday, five days after the contract was signed. The deal is worth $325 million, sources told MLB.com insider Mark Feinsand, and the Dodgers are also seeking an agency fee of about $50 million to Yamamoto's former Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Orix Buffaloes.
“I am thrilled to be joining this historic franchise and cannot express how much it means to me to call Los Angeles my new home,” Yamamoto said at the opening of his introductory press conference Wednesday at Dodger Stadium.
The deal, which includes a $50 million signing bonus, does not include deferrals and includes exit options after the sixth and eighth years, according to a source. Yamamoto will receive the highest guaranteed amount ever given to a pitcher, surpassing Gerrit Cole by $1 million – even though Cole's current nine-year deal with the Yankees is $324 million ahead in average annual value over Yamamoto's $27 million US dollars per year.
It is also the longest free agent contract for a full-time pitcher (not counting two-way stars) since Wayne Garland signed with Cleveland in 1977 for 10 years and $2.3 million. He was released five years later.
“I would not say that [Ohtani] “That was the only reason I decided to come here,” Yamamoto said through an interpreter. “Even if he had gone somewhere else, I probably still would have ended up in LA as a Dodger. Furthermore, Shohei is obviously not only one of the best Japanese players, but also one of the best players ever in the entire MLB. Being able to play with him from now on means a lot to me.”
“It's been an exciting few weeks for the Dodgers community,” said general manager Brandon Gomes, “and the opportunity to add such an excellent and talented starting pitcher like Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a great way to close out and add to 2023. “We expect an exciting 2024 season.”
As his historic contract indicates, the 25-year-old Yamamoto is considered a potential front-line starter despite his slim build. The 5-foot-10 right-hander's repertoire includes a fastball that sits in the mid-to-upper 90s and several wipeout secondary pitches, including his signature curveball, as well as a splitter and a cutter/slider.
He comes to the majors after winning the Nippon Professional Baseball pitching Triple Crown the past three seasons, leading the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts and winning the Eiji Sawamura Award – Japan's version of the Cy Young. Overall, he posted a 49-16 record with a 1.44 ERA and 580 strikeouts during that period.
“We couldn’t be more excited to bring Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the Dodgers,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said in a statement. “You don’t win three MVP awards at 25 without an exceptional combination of talent, work ethic and mental toughness. He is an elite pitcher with an impressive dedication to his craft who will only become more dynamic in a Dodger uniform. We are very pleased that he will be a mainstay at the top of our starting lineup in the coming years.”