Cash talks. After entertaining presents from an array of golf equipment, Yoshinobu Yamamoto has reportedly agreed to a 12-year, $325 million cope with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The deal features a pair of opt-outs, a $50 million signing bonus, and in contrast to Shohei Ohtani’s deal, no deferred cash, per MLB insider Jeff Passan. This pact surpasses the seven-year, $155 million contract the New York Yankees gave Masahiro Tanaka in 2014.
Whereas not all the time essentially the most dependable supply, USA Immediately’s Bob Nightengale is reporting that the Yankees’ supply was for $300 million.
Yamamoto, a five-time NPB All-Star debuted for the Orix Buffaloes in 2017, three days after he turned 19. Within the final three years, the 25-year-old has received three straight Triple Crowns (greatest ERA, most wins, most strikeouts), three straight Eiji Sawamura Awards (the NPB equal to the Cy Younger award), and three straight Pacific League MVPs. In his profession, Yamamoto boasts a 1.82 ERA and 922 strikeouts over six seasons.
On the worldwide stage, Yamamoto was a beginning pitcher and All-Olympic participant on Japan’s gold-medal-winning 2020 baseball staff. Yamamoto and Japan additionally secured gold on the 2023 World Baseball Traditional in Miami.
As a pitcher, Yamamoto has 5 above-average-or-better pitches in his arsenal. His four-seam fastball averages out to a high-end of 95 miles per hour with a peak velocity of 97 mph. He additionally throws a two-seam fastball, cutter, and curveball. In line with his Baseball Prospectus in-person scouting report, his greatest pitch is his splitter.
