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Add cat-like, and perchance life-saving, reflexes to Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s resume.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed nan 25-year-old Japanese correct hander for $325 cardinal successful nan offseason, nan astir money ever fixed to a pitcher contempt not throwing a transportation successful nan awesome leagues, complete a twelve years.
His 1.16 ERA successful Japan past play justifies that deal, but he proved to nan world connected Thursday he isn’t conscionable a pitcher, he’s rather nan athlete, arsenic well.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 of nan Los Angeles Dodgers pitches successful nan 2nd inning during a shot crippled against nan Washington Nationals astatine Nationals Park connected April 25, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
In nan bottommost of nan 5th against nan Washington Nationals, he fluted a hanging alteration up correct complete nan mediate of nan plate.
Eddie Rosario, obviously, liked what he saw, and lined it correct backmost to wherever it came from, putting up an exit velocity of 104.8 miles per hour.
But successful little than nan clip of nan blink of an eye, Yamamoto sewage his mitt successful beforehand of his look conscionable successful time, signaling a miraculous retired while besides avoiding a superior situation.
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Even Yamamoto couldn’t judge he had made nan play, and his look judge looked for illustration he was beautiful spooked.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, #18 of nan Los Angeles Dodgers, looks connected successful nan 5th inning against nan Washington Nationals astatine Nationals Park connected April 25, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
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But it didn’t shingle him up excessively much. He struck retired nan adjacent 2 batters and recorded nan triumph aft six scoreless innings wherever he struck retired seven, walked 1 and allowed 4 hits.
Last year, Anthony Misiewicz took a 100-mph liner disconnected nan caput that near him bloodied. He was carted disconnected nan section and hospitalized.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, #18 of nan Los Angeles Dodgers, looks connected successful nan 5th inning against nan Washington Nationals astatine Nationals Park connected April 25, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
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It’s been an up-and-down commencement for Yamamoto, who allowed 5 earned runs successful conscionable 1 inning successful his MLB debut. He past posted back-to-back scoreless outings of 5.0 innings each earlier allowing 3 earned successful each of his adjacent two. Add it each up, and it’s a 3.58 ERA (11 earned runs successful 28.0 innings).
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