Meet Yoshinobu Yamamoto: The BEST Pitcher who's Never Played in MLB 

Dodger Nation stand tf up💙

Wonder how much hype Roki Sasaki will get when he gets posted

3 straight Japanese CY young's, and 1.85 era in 7 seasons?! That's video game stuff on beginner level and this guy is doing it in real life lol. Amazing!

Senga was a joy to watch here in Flushing, my Mets would be fools to not go after as many of the Japanese FA's as possible w/ the Asian community here they would bring in alot of new money which would help pay off the contracts

Next season would be crazy to watch!! I can't wait.

Great video!

Mets Need this Guy Badly . I see Cohen putting Out LARGE here.

Yoshi is a good mixture of Greg Maddox and Pedro Martinez. He will give his team a chance to win every 5th day. He will eat up lots of innings. I think he will win anywhere between 13 - 18 games, depending on run support, of course. For his sake, I want him to be a #2 or #3 starter on his new team. It's too much to ask him to be the ace on his new MLB team right out of the gate. I hope he will sign with the Seattle Mariners. He will be a good fit there.

I’ll Never bet on his team making it too the World Series seeing how they play

Don’t like that auction type of setting but I get it. Tampa Bay should really make a move Also, new subscriber bro

I know it won’t happen, but damn I’d be happy if the Yankees got him

I hope and PRAY that my Yankees make it happen! 🙌🏾

He'd look good in pinstripes

One thing you didn't mention or didn't know, but even when senga was in the NPB yamamoto was still the clear #1 pitcher in the league and it wasn't really close. Senga's best season before he came to MLB was a 1.89 ERA in 2022, while yamamoto had a 1.68 that szn. And even then iirc yamamoto had a 1 "blowup" start where he allowed 5 runs in 6.2 innings which made his ERA jump to that. I was trying to do the math but the only number I was getting was like 1.15, but that doesn't make sense I dont think lol. Either way in 2022 was senga's 2nd best season by ERA- at a 61 (his best being a 56 in 2020). Yamamoto's worst ERA- since he became a full time starter is 58 in 2020 when he was 22 and senga was 27. Then yamamoto went to have one of the best seasons ever with a 41 ERA- in 2021 (greg maddux 1994 was 37 era-). And this season yamamoto supposedly had a ~260 ERA+, the NPB's official stats havent released yet for ERA- yet so that will be very interesting to see He also might win his 3rd MVP, sawamura, and triple crown this year. He already has the sawamura and triple crown but MVP hasn't been announced yet. I'd be extremely surprised if he isn't in the conversation for cy young this next season, even with an adjustment period he should be a big contender

Dodgers

Go dodgers

How long does he take between pitches will the pitch clock really hurt him

Oakland are gonna sign him

Where is he going to end up? Dodgers!

The Mets is where i want him to go. Any team can get him tho. As far as Ohtani goes, he will probably wind up in a Dodgers uniform or Giants. Would love him with the Mets as well but you have to cut the spending at some point

LA!

When the 45 days start and end?

Realistically I’m thinking the Mets simply bc they tend to love to throw money at people. Even tho id love to see him go to the dodgers since we need better pitching. I doubt we will try for ohtani so this is a great alternative

I would say the Dodgers have traditionally been aggressive in signing (or bidding on) Japanese stars. But what I've read is that Andrew Freidman is 'obsessed' with signing SHohei Ohtani. When/if he is able to return to pitching in 2025, he'll be worth the $50m'year his contract will call for.

Masa-high-roll Tanaka XD

I appreciate the fact that you recognized how good the NBP is, it's annoying to hear how so many analysts questioning how good can a Japanese player be and if they are worth the contract because they haven't played in the MLB, like only the MLB is world class. It smacked of American arrogance. When we look back at all the Japanese players that came over....every one of them turned out to be between good and great. Not a single bust. And the Japanese team went head to head against the American team this WBC and beat them. So at least there is close parity there. Enough of this "so and so never played in the MLB therefore is unproven"...news flash...America isn't the sh*t that we think we are. The best basketball players in the NBA now are international players, baseball is the same.

Red Sox, they are in dire need of pitching plus he’s best friends and former teammates with Masataka Yoshida.

World Series or bust! I see dodgers going bank rupt

Yamamoto goes to NYC. No doubt, either Yankees or Mets. I’d be SHOCKED if he went anywhere else. Hoping he becomes a Yankee since I’m a Yankees fan

I already have a nickname for him. “The Battleship” in reference to the Battleship Yamamoto from WW2.

With that much money they spent on him I was expecting zero hits and major strikeouts

Facts do the Japanese people know them!

Hate that they hold these players for 7 years .

Yamamoto, YOU ARE a Red Sox

Yankees

He would work GREAT WITH KODAI SENGA ...LETS GO METS!!!!

I hope David Sterns has the smarts to sign him and Ohtani. We all know Uncle Steve has to money for both of them. I think they would both look great in NYM orange and blue.

Won’t get them too the World Series !

Is this an AI voice?

When you let a team beat you that never had a World Series title you won’t win the World Series

Ohtani thinjs l Yamamoto bong to Yakuza clan Yamamoto

No one talking about the billion dollar hole they built! All letting batters on base ohh score a home run too why don’t you it won’t get them too the World Series

It’s a war for more everyday I understand that but as far as pay 325,000,000 for slop he’s no better and no nomo

Giving up runs early

Shame he brought too the Japanese people last night !

That POs don’t know what’s even on the line . They spoiled him too much too be that relaxed around hitters he may have won all that shit back in Japan but here where history is made . That man is an overpriced pawn . Not worth paying 325,000,000 but legally is 😢

Not before baseball BREAKS his elbow. Looking forward to his inevitable Tommy John surgery.

Billion dollar team lost too a million dollar team

Will Never be a World Series champion!

Yamamoto isn't gonna live up to the hype.

The worst in america

Overhyped and he has never pitched in the MLB , Japan and MLB is much different, and no way hes worth more than Cole gtfo here..

I think he will sign a contract with the TEXAS RANGERS....

Yankees