Yoshinobu Yamamoto strikes out 7 in second career victory! 

When you know martial arts you have faster reflexes!!!

3 time gold glove winner.

RIGHT?? GEE

i ducked.

He used to be a catcher.

What I seen of Yamamoto is a sign of a great pitcher. He has great movement command in his pitches and works the stike zone, alot of pitchers has good stuff or just throws hard but don't know how to paint and work the corner's of the strikezone. Yamamoto paints it like an artist.

現在のところは、カブスの今永に評価が集まっていますが、 彼もスゴイですが、山本はもっとスゴイです。 NPBでの通算防御率をみても7年でなんと1点台です。 しかも彼はDH制採用のﾊﾟ･リーグでやって来ました。(セ･リーグは今でも投手が打席に入る) 環境に慣れてくれば、相当な働きをしてくれるでしょう!! w

That is an all-time highlight reel catch. I can’t believe his reflexes are that good.

頭部なら当たり所によって死ぬけど、顔面なら死なない。

야마모토 진짜 죽을뻔...휴

Dumb ignorant people wants him to go straight and be an ace just because of his contract, people don’t take a look at what he had to go through and all the adjustments he has to make!!! He’s gonna be fine and next year when Dodgers sign Sasaki, this teams gonna be on fire 🔥!!!

@@josephya5815 Different ball. Different climate. Different food. Different language. He's done well to adjust in such a short time.

@@josephya5815adjustment? He gets paid more than Gerrit cole, he gotta pitch better than him. That’s the capitalism

I think he'll be an ace by the end of this year. Considering he is still adjusting and not at 100% and he had a 45 ERA after 1 game and he's already down to the mid 3s.

Yamamoto has a lot more bigger years then Cole has. Cole is also fragile and broken down now.

If that’s really making a difference for him then I’m all for it!!! So Kershaw has his own handpicked exclusive catcher?

Drops out of sight !

He doesn’t throw a sinker. It’s a splitter

thats a splitter

@@Strattbatt Got it now, sorry I got it wrong.

@@ConnorMiller417 you’re good. Either way it’s still nasty

On a Twelve year contract he has time but he is showing signs of brilliance already. Personally I was expecting him to struggle for at least a couple of months but I don’t believe he will be struggling after today, he is clearly getting more confident and that is bad news for anyone that picks up a bat.

He’s a great player he’s definitely going to be a big star! Not only that he’s only 25 he has a lot of time to cultivate that talent even more, plus his pitches are fantastic!

Yup. His command is his selling point. If he can dot the strike zone as he pleases, it's over for the rest of the league. [Plus his splitter.]

His velocity is decent though. He can dial it up to 97, 98

​@@ciello___8307 That's pretty damn fast especially since he mixes up his pitches with that splitter to lock hitters up

Yes, truly. Thank God for ptotecting him.

山本は投げた後に体勢があまり崩れないから、これぐらいの打球なら捕れる。だから日本で3年連続ゴールデングラブ。

I agree, ever since the last game with the Mets the bullpen has been stepping up. It was nice today to see a more poised Phillips on the mound with command on his pitches, and attacking batters. That is the attitude you need as a pitcher.

Basically adjusting to the new ball and league. Just give it time.

Amen. People forget he’s only 25, adjusting in a new country, language, and league. What a special talent

It's the placement of his fast ball. His issue was he was throwing it as first pitch and down the middle. Now that it's no longer his first pitch 80% of the time and he is going away with it everything changed

Yeah, people forgot that last time.😅

Whoops...😮😅😊

The reds cant afford him, so reds is out.

@@sdfv4zxdodgers overpaid

commentator is half japanese

Hi. I'm curious. How do you mispronounce _Yamamoto_ ? It's quite phonetical. 🥶🍟🍼

@@pali_aha When you compare 0:35 and 0:47, you'll notice the difference.

Not automatically but a start. Throughout the whole season(hopeefully no more hit balls towards his head 😅)making good fielding plays

Deception of his splitter.

and ohtani 😉

@@oraora5410 yes I agree Otani but Dodgers must thing of his longevity, and not introduce him to quick as a starter. Next year imo he should be either be a setup or closer, and sometimes start a bullpen game. Then half way if his arm feels good, then move him as a starter

6戦投げた試合中4戦負けてるんやで

Its dumb that we don't use VR or AI to exactly call a strike. Too much subjectivity in having a human do it. Its really unfair to batters. The zone should not be subjective. It should be exact.

Only 0:07 was the questionable call. Other two strikeouts were right on the strike zone and it's the right call. The umpire was terrible throughout the game not only Yamamoto, but the Nationals got lucky calls too.

@@mao5787 but it is a much wider issue, at all levels from pro all the way down to little league. you have much subjectivity and wrong call making. probably over the next 5-10 years we'll see some tech do more of the call making. but the umps will still be there. over time the tech will get cheaper so it will work its way down to minor leagues, college, high school, and finally LL

Yeah but ohtani might be a better pitchers and the dodgers need more aces

His pitching is too nasty. Umpire can’t tell that’s ball or strike.

​​@@honganshaw3419Yeah, even Meneses didn't know it either and if this highlight is from 10 years ago when they didn't have a strike zone on screen we wouldn't know either

I actually made a calculation according to the velocity, less than 0.88 second between he threw and caught that ball.

but i wonder if it could have touched the front part of the zone which we can't tell from this camera angle or from the 2 dimensional zone rectangle.