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Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Dodgers
Number #18
Position SP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 28
Height 5' 10"
Weight 176 lbs
Birth Place Okayama, Japan
Born Aug 17, 1998

Key Insights

2026
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Xander Bogaerts has hit .462/.500/.846 against Yamamoto over 14 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

6 for 13 with 1 home run and 6 strikeouts, against a .647 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Yamamoto has struck Alek Thomas out 6 times in 11 plate appearances, 54.5% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Fernando Tatis Jr. squares Yamamoto up like nobody else: 100.9 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 88.8 across the hitters he has faced.

13 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One club he never seems to get going against

The LAA lineup has hit .357 and slugged .536 against Yamamoto across 32 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

10 hits, 1 home run and 6 strikeouts, against a .307 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Jake McCarthy gets nothing on it against Yamamoto: 65.5 mph off the bat, against a median of 88.8 across the hitters he has faced.

10 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This matchup has gone worse than he has deserved

The .200 Jung Hoo Lee has hit against Yamamoto understates the contact: the quality of it projects .367.

16 plate appearances with tracked contact.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 17, 1998
Birth Place Okayama, Japan
Height 5' 10"
Weight 176 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R