In December, the Philadelphia Phillies made their finest pitch to Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto solely to fall brief. The pitcher elected to affix the Los Angeles Dodgers and signed a lucrative deal in the process. However, apparently, Philadelphia provided him extra.
Throughout a three-hour assembly with Yamamoto on Dec. 14, 2023, the Phillies provided more cash than any of his different suitors, in accordance with The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Scott Lauber. Yamamoto would go on to signal with Los Angeles for $325 million on a 12-year deal. The assembly additionally featured video look by Bryce Harper.
“We pushed arduous with Yamamoto,” Phillies majority proprietor John Middleton mentioned.
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Yamamoto, 25, had a 70–29 file, 1.82 ERA and tallied 922 strikeouts in seven seasons in Nippon Skilled Baseball. He had a 1.16 ERA and 176 strikeouts in 171 innings for the Orix Buffaloes final season.
With each his and Shohei Ohtani’s additions this offseason, Los Angeles is poised to make a World Collection run in 2024.
