Yamamoto’s Mission: Pitching His Way to Baseball’s Best
Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto is pushing toward being viewed as baseball’s best, turning in six-plus innings to move to 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA while aiming to finish more seventh innings and reach 200 innings this season. He emphasizes step-by-step progress, aided by a grueling off-season program under trainer Osamu Yada, and remains motivated by Shohei Ohtani’s praise but focused on steady improvement.