NL's best pitcher Roberts now gives this rave review, Yamamoto 463 billion dollars, and now competes with Haneskins Green for CYA

Apr 19, 2025

NL's best pitcher Roberts now gives this rave review, Yamamoto 463 billion dollars, and now competes with Haneskins Green for CYA
LA Dodgers Yoshinobu Yamamoto takes the mound against the Texas Rangers on the 19th (Korea time) and throws the ball vigorously. AP Yonhap News



NL's best pitcher Roberts now gives this rave review, Yamamoto 463 billion dollars, and now competes with Haneskins Green for CYA
Tommy Edman is circling the base celebrating after hitting a solo home run in the top of the first inning. AFP Yonhap News
Los Angeles Dodgers Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto led the team to victory by clearly revealing why he is a $300 million pitcher.

Yamamoto started the away game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on the 19th (Korea time) and secured his third win (unbeatable) of the season by blocking five hits and no runs with powerful pitching that took 10 strikeouts in seven innings.

Yamamoto, who continued his ERA in three consecutive games following the Philadelphia Phillies game (one run in six innings) on the 5th and the Chicago Cubs game (six scoreless innings) on the 12th, lowered his ERA for the season to 0.93. This is the first time Yamamoto, who debuted last year, has an ERA in the 0-point range. From the fourth inning against the Detroit Tigers on the 29th of last month, it is the 21st consecutive inning without an earned run parade.




Seven innings are the most innings pitched this season and the second double-digit strikeout after the Detroit game on March 29.

NL's best pitcher Roberts now gives this rave review, Yamamoto 463 billion dollars, and now competes with Haneskins Green for CYA
LA Dodgers Yoshinobu Yamamoto. AP Yonhap News
The two leagues are tied for first in multiple wins, and in the NL, they are ranked first in ERA, second in strikeouts (38), third in pitching innings (29), seventh in WHIP (0.86) and fifth in hit rate (0.178). In the NL Cy Young Award race earlier in the season, Yamamoto formed the lead with Cincinnati Reds Hunter Green (2-1, 0.98, 31K), Pittsburgh Pirates Paul Skins (2-1, 2.96, 26K), Philadelphia Jack Wheeler (2-1, 3.73, 41K), San Francisco Giants Logan Webb (2-1, 2.40, 38K), and San Diego Padres Nick Pivetta (3-1, 1.57, 24K).

Yamamot threw 102 balls, a triple-digit number, following his last game against the Cubs. Fastball (30) constraints represented a maximum of 96.1 miles and an average of 94.9 miles, with splitter the most at 31. Curve (22), slider (8), sinker (7), and cutter (4) were also mixed. The induction rate of swing and miss was 36%, and all the balls were effective on the day.




Texas starter Jacob deGrom, who faced Yamamoto, also pitched seven innings of seven strikeouts, three hits, one walk, and one run, but lost the game without any support from the batters. He lost one game in four games in the season, with a 3.32 ERA.

After the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, `It's been a lot of time, but Yamamoto is the best pitcher in the NL right now. Paul Skins is pretty good, so we can't ignore it, but..."

MLB.com commented that "'Roberts believes Yamamoto could be a strong candidate for the NL Cy Young Award competition, and he has clearly played a role to match while dealing with someone who knows a few things about the award.'" The person who knows this award is deGrom. He won two NL Cy Young Awards when he was with the New York Mets.




Texas manager Bruce Bochy said of deGrom "I made a huge pitch today. The pitch was really good and the location was great. He really threw very well. "The opposing pitcher was tricky for our batters. We drove our batters to two strikes throughout the game, and we struggled a lot. I thought it would be a low-scoring game today, but that's what happened."

NL's best pitcher Roberts now gives this rave review, Yamamoto 463 billion dollars, and now competes with Haneskins Green for CYA
Tommy Edman hit a leadoff home run in the first inning and is welcomed by his teammates. AP Yonhap News
The Dodgers scored the first run in the top of the first inning when leadoff Tommy Edman hit a solo shot over the right-center field, and after a tight pitching match, Teoscar Hernandez's timely hit in the top of the ninth inning and Will Smith's sacrifice fly added two runs to seal the game.

Yamamoto said, "It's really exciting to fight against a pitcher like deGrom. I expected the game to be tight today, but he threw well, too. So I was very careful not to make a mistake."

Yamamoto debuted last year with a Dodgers uniform for 12 years and $325 million (about 463 billion won). However, he was held on the IL for three months from mid-June to mid-September due to an arm injury. He pitched 90 innings in 18 games, 7-2 with a 3.00 ERA and 105 strikeouts.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.