Yamamoto is to Good, some were panicking after his first start, every player struggles in their first game, I remember Pedro Martinez struggled in his very first game also, and a couple of seasons he struggled but he became a great pitcher later on.
Yes on Pedro! Looking back, I think the Dodgers traded away Pedro bc he was the third of the Martinez brothers (Ramon and Jesus?) and bc he was kinda short, like Yamamoto today. Whoa, that’s one trade I wish the Dodgers could take back. 😂
With the bases loaded, he throws the same curveball three times in a row and gets a strikeout. He has confidence in his pitches, and that kind of attitude is characteristic of top players. He's sure to get better.
It’s my favorite characteristic of top players: how well they handle pressure. Yamamoto has overcome a lot of obstacles already. He’s got all the right stuff, just need to be consistent and continue to be able to make adjustments. I’m not worried about him.
Needless to say, he's been legit before, now, and forever, because he is the reigning defending undisputed member of the WBC champions, team SamuraiJapan 🇯🇵🏆🥇㊗️🔥!
He figured out his curve and trending towards figuring out his fast ball. Once he figures out his splitter (arguably his nastiest pitch) he could be in the realm of Pedro Martinez filth
Among Japanese pitchers Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers) has the fastest velocity Kodai Senga (Mets) has the sharpest breaking ball Shota Imanaga (Cubs) strikes out the most. But the pitcher who gives up the fewest runs is Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Dodgers). This is why he is considered the best pitcher in Japan. (I personally hope the Dodgers get Roki Sasaki too)
Sasaki needs to avoid injury and finish the full games in Npb. Also he has to control his mind and pitching in the state of crisis as Yamamoto does. Remember the match of Mexican last year. Yoshinobu Yamamoto had to pitch because Japanese team was in crisis. That's why Imanaga could pitch from the 1st inning. Congrats on Yamamoto's 1st win Mlb🎉 Of course he did a good job in the match of Sf Giants, too.
Frankly, I would like to see Sasaki and Murakami (if he gets back to his best) go to the Yankees because I want to see MLB more interesting. It would further expand the influence of Japanese players and it would be exciting to imagine them playing against the Dodgers.
If we wait a little longer, the legendary"Clayton Edward Kershaw"and"Shohei Ohtani"will also be pitching. (Pitcher"Roki Sasaki"may join the Dodgers next year... )😌✨ From Sendai, Japan, with love for the Dodgers
Glad he laid off the Splitter, that's what they were hitting in Korea. Yamamoto is finding what his best pitches are and that 12-6 is his bread and butter along with the fastball. Good work
그게 야마모토의 큰 장점이더라고요. 사사키 로키가 mlb 오려면 저런 상황을 이겨내는 것부터 배우고 와야할듯요. 정규이닝도 채워야하지만 wbc 때 멕시코 전 보면서 야마모토가 왜 결승 투입 앞두고 갑자기 등판해야했는지 이해되던 부분입니다. 아무튼 다른 나라 선수지만 일본 최고의 투수가 하던대로 mlb에서도 잘 하니까 기분 좋네요^^ 오타니와 스즈키 세이야가 대화 나누는 것도 보기 좋았고요. 우리 선수들도 잘 해내길 바라지만 아시아권의 선수들(일본)이 펄펄 날아다니니 이쪽 소식부터 찾게 됩니다😅 야마모토, 최고🎉 Yamamoto, go go~❤
The hype is real. Yamamoto is ELITE. His pitch arsenal is nasty, but now his curveball might be the best in MLB?! When he's locked in his command is world class. Once he settles in and becomes comfortable the sky's the limit. We're witnessing greatness.
Yamamoto's pitching is great to watch as he confronts the game head-on like that. I feel a sense of Japanese grace that is typical of the Japanese people.
@JimH657 not even just 7 innings, whole game and 100+ pitches too if needed but MLB is different, also better to manage his arm, specially considering the amount of elbows exploding recently
@@CJ-jr2uh His point is Yamamoto was able to completely shut down a hot team right now. It speaks to his ability and how well he adjusted from game 1.
Yamamoto's curveball is wickedly good. It has one of the best vertical and horizontal break. His curveball comes at head level high and drops into the strike zone. Can't wait he gets good command of his splitter. Two elite pitches are all he needs to dominate the MLB hitters....
I hope he can minimize those bases loaded situations as all it takes is 1 bad inning just like in Korea and teams are going to get used to his pitches over time, just like how Ohtani's sweeper started to get targetted by better hitters
From a Cubs fan, congrats to Yamamoto. But what could’ve made this more better? Having Shota Imanaga be our starter. This matchup would’ve been a lot better.
Yamamoto is to Good, some were panicking after his first start, every player struggles in their first game, I remember Pedro Martinez struggled in his very first game also, and a couple of seasons he struggled but he became a great pitcher later on.
Darvish also struggled in this first inning.
Pedro could throw some 🔥 for such a small dude....😮
Yes on Pedro! Looking back, I think the Dodgers traded away Pedro bc he was the third of the Martinez brothers (Ramon and Jesus?) and bc he was kinda short, like Yamamoto today. Whoa, that’s one trade I wish the Dodgers could take back. 😂
With the bases loaded, he throws the same curveball three times in a row and gets a strikeout. He has confidence in his pitches, and that kind of attitude is characteristic of top players. He's sure to get better.
I was thinking the same. The guy's got some stones to play with the edges with the bases loaded.
It’s my favorite characteristic of top players: how well they handle pressure.
Yamamoto has overcome a lot of obstacles already.
He’s got all the right stuff, just need to be consistent and continue to be able to make adjustments.
I’m not worried about him.
He’s going to get even better
Yoshinobu Yamamoto curveball was perfect
他的指叉也很棒
@@gn028015955 exactly dude 💯
@@gn028015955 Speak English
His curveball is something else.
His splitter is even more gross. If he can locate l, he will be more than dominant
According to Will Smith, Kershaw, and Glasnow, they said they've seen a lot of good pitchers but he's able to throw a "perfect" one.
ありがとうございます
Rainbow curve
Look at 2:01.
He stands there like a ballerina after throwing a 95-mph rising 4seam. What a sense of balance!
Good observation. He looked like a pitching machine😂
Haha I love it! Man I was so scared he was gonna be a bust!! So relieved.
The drop on that curveball...
Best curve ball in the game 💪
Yamaoto in his last two starts has pitched 10 scoreless innings with 13 Ks ⚾️ he's getting warmed up 🔥
Yamamoto is legit.
Needless to say, he's been legit before, now, and forever, because he is the reigning defending undisputed member of the WBC champions, team SamuraiJapan 🇯🇵🏆🥇㊗️🔥!
That back door curveball and rising gas!!
He was wobbly at first...new country, brand new in major league. Now he is in the zone. Scary good! 💙⚾🔥
He was partying in Seoul
Insane curve
Love watching Yamamoto pitch.❤
He figured out his curve and trending towards figuring out his fast ball. Once he figures out his splitter (arguably his nastiest pitch) he could be in the realm of Pedro Martinez filth
8K that's enough for me.. congratulations Yoshi 🎉
Great stuff from Yamamoto today, only getting better from here!
Show that emotion Yamamoto-san! We love it here in LA!
If he can adapt this quick to a new country and new league, he will be on another level in a year or two.
ノーアウト満塁から三者連続三振はマジでバケモノだわ
I thought his split finger was his best pitch but this curve is out of this world!
It's like a B+ game for him, splitter and cutter had not showed up yet. This guy is a monster.
That curveball is unreal. Absolute perfection
Only three games in and he’s showing elite control. 97mph fastballs. Going to be a nasty pitcher.
足を上げるフォームに変えれば１００マイルも可能です
Yamamoto for real had my heart in my throat, but to keep his cool and command, he's the real deal!
It's not Yamamoto that worries you, it's the Dodgers' defense.
We knew he was going to adjust after the loss in Korea, but didn't know it would be this quick. Such a good pitcher
いつも春先は微妙なんです、山本は。
Those who've been following him for a while know he always has one unexplainable stinker per year, looks like he got it out of the way in Korea lol
Imagine when Ohtani is back active as a pitcher in 2025! Dodgers looking scary lol
they already scary u goof ball
@@mortystraphouse5077 loosen up buddy
And Roki Sasaki in 2025
@PeopleDork_on_iG of course you are...
Sasaki needs to finish full games in Npb. He never ended thd season due to chronic injury.
Such a compact delivery. How does his wind up generate that much velocity and control?
Bro, his throwing mechanics are modelled on the javelin.
Bro throws javelins
He moves sideways and hardly drops like most do. It's unusual
Yamamoto is a completed pitcher
*complete*
I believe he will gradually adapt to the major leagues
Best curve ball pitcher out right now 💪 💥
Go Yama❤
Yup, Yamamoto is an 'artist' all right...........with his pitching skill.
Among Japanese pitchers
Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers) has the fastest velocity
Kodai Senga (Mets) has the sharpest breaking ball
Shota Imanaga (Cubs) strikes out the most.
But the pitcher who gives up the fewest runs is Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Dodgers).
This is why he is considered the best pitcher in Japan.
(I personally hope the Dodgers get Roki Sasaki too)
ドジャースさらに強なるやん…😮
They're kinda guaranteed to get Roki at this pace.
Sasaki needs to avoid injury and finish the full games in Npb. Also he has to control his mind and pitching in the state of crisis as Yamamoto does. Remember the match of Mexican last year. Yoshinobu Yamamoto had to pitch because Japanese team was in crisis. That's why Imanaga could pitch from the 1st inning. Congrats on Yamamoto's 1st win Mlb🎉 Of course he did a good job in the match of Sf Giants, too.
Frankly, I would like to see Sasaki and Murakami (if he gets back to his best) go to the Yankees because I want to see MLB more interesting. It would further expand the influence of Japanese players and it would be exciting to imagine them playing against the Dodgers.
How about Darvish Yu and Kikuchi Yusei?
That elevating fastball is underrated
Damn this brudda is good good
Ohtani pitching in 2025 is going to be fun watching them both best each other.
@NatalieR-nu5bpdon’t forget the monster out of all of them . Dustin may and buehler and the cat man
Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5 IP 3 H O ER 2 BB 8 K Congratulations on your first major league win💙💙💙
That curve ball was nasty 🤯
山本さん初勝利おめでとう！！
Looking really good!
He def was tipping his own pitches his first go around… glad he cleaned it up 💯💯
Great win Yamamoto, first win of the year☝
If we wait a little longer, the legendary"Clayton Edward Kershaw"and"Shohei Ohtani"will also be pitching. (Pitcher"Roki Sasaki"may join the Dodgers next year... )😌✨ From Sendai, Japan, with love for the Dodgers
It took him 3 games hopefully he stays good
Credits to Roberts for leaving him in when he was under pressure with bases loaded
Glad he laid off the Splitter, that's what they were hitting in Korea. Yamamoto is finding what his best pitches are and that 12-6 is his bread and butter along with the fastball. Good work
As a Japanese fan, I think Yamamoto is still adjusting and not at his best. When he gets better, he will pitch a no-hitter.
I am calling it right now.
Dodgers / Yankees World Series 2024!
comeback player of the year
Curveball was nasty.
很糟糕的話 打擊者怎麼打不出去？🙄🙄🙄 自以爲專業
@@gn028015955
nasty in english means filthy which also means "wow that is so good"
I hope google translate does a better job
他是說他的變化球很讓打者打不到球。
Another racist scared you are clown
@@gn028015955in this context, "nasty" is a compliment. English is weird sometimes. What he means is that the curveball is very hard to hit.
nasty curveball
that first clip of the fastball was beautiful wow
와 대단함 만루에서 다 잡는건 보통 아님 멋찌다 야마모토 !!!
그게 야마모토의 큰 장점이더라고요. 사사키 로키가 mlb 오려면 저런 상황을 이겨내는 것부터 배우고 와야할듯요. 정규이닝도 채워야하지만 wbc 때 멕시코 전 보면서 야마모토가 왜 결승 투입 앞두고 갑자기 등판해야했는지 이해되던 부분입니다. 아무튼 다른 나라 선수지만 일본 최고의 투수가 하던대로 mlb에서도 잘 하니까 기분 좋네요^^ 오타니와 스즈키 세이야가 대화 나누는 것도 보기 좋았고요. 우리 선수들도 잘 해내길 바라지만 아시아권의 선수들(일본)이 펄펄 날아다니니 이쪽 소식부터 찾게 됩니다😅
야마모토, 최고🎉 Yamamoto, go go~❤
The hype is real. Yamamoto is ELITE. His pitch arsenal is nasty, but now his curveball might be the best in MLB?! When he's locked in his command is world class. Once he settles in and becomes comfortable the sky's the limit. We're witnessing greatness.
Who said Yamamoto was too small for MLB?
He is actually small, its truth.
@@tarasitismindaugas4561so was Pedro
@@F1derful.Isn’t pedro 6ft?
Yamamoto's fastballs rise up.
Yamamoto's pitching is great to watch as he confronts the game head-on like that. I feel a sense of Japanese grace that is typical of the Japanese people.
ストレートがキレててカーブはコースに行っている！これこそ本当の山本由伸👼
That's it yama.
最初ヒヤヒヤしたけど、よく抑えました！おめでとう👏
Nice pitching！！🎉
Finally. He lucky he survived
さすが日本のエース
バーンズのフレーミングすごいわ。
山本も結構助けられてる。
フレーミングしてもゾーン表示されてるからな。あんま動かさない方がいい
@@ぴーのぴろしき
ゾーン表示されてようが、それでカウント取れてるんだから文句言われる筋合いないやろ。
I saw the possibility of becoming a Cy Young in the future.

1st win against a really good lineup too!
YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO🇯🇵
Congratulations. But I'm old school about starting pitchers and would like him to pitch at least 7 innings. His pitching will get better and better.
@JimH657 not even just 7 innings, whole game and 100+ pitches too if needed but MLB is different, also better to manage his arm, specially considering the amount of elbows exploding recently
Straight ball trajectory looks like Digrom.
Cubs currently are hottest team in MLB and he stopped their win streak. Soon he will get used to bigger strike zone since NPB has smaller zone.
Hottest team this early in year means nothing.
@@CJ-jr2uh His point is Yamamoto was able to completely shut down a hot team right now. It speaks to his ability and how well he adjusted from game 1.
YAMA⚾🔥
had seen many 😮 like batters face at plate facing curveball back in japan
Thank goodness for the bullpen.
Yeah, cause they blew his last outing.
Yamamoto's curveball is wickedly good. It has one of the best vertical and horizontal break. His curveball comes at head level high and drops into the strike zone. Can't wait he gets good command of his splitter. Two elite pitches are all he needs to dominate the MLB hitters....
Love all the Dodger fans representing in Chicago. Go blue!
You know, I thought the same, until I remembered that the Cubs color is pretty much the same blue! 😂
And everyone was clowning on Yamamoto after his opener. Did people really believe he wouldn't adjust or was it just hate?
Yamamoto has these batters looking to see where the ball ended up going
Some filthy pitch
His two strikeouts with the bases loaded in the first inning were so lucky.
Some of yall really gave up on him in Korea… boy did u make a mistake lmaooo
That curve is heavy as bricks
he out there looking like his big cuz the 🐐 SHO-TANI
Yama-yea!
1番の武器の内角にバンバン投げるスプリットの感覚が戻って武器になればもっと良い投球ができそうだね。
Barnes so good behind the plate
I hope he can minimize those bases loaded situations as all it takes is 1 bad inning just like in Korea and teams are going to get used to his pitches over time, just like how Ohtani's sweeper started to get targetted by better hitters
オリックス時代のよいときの70％ぐらいだが、そのレベルでもメジャーでも十分通用することをこの2試合で示した
커브 예술이네 ㄷ
From a Cubs fan, congrats to Yamamoto. But what could’ve made this more better? Having Shota Imanaga be our starter. This matchup would’ve been a lot better.
Wow this guy is craxy
He’s filthy 😪😪
2024 NL Cy Young
It's like the curveball we only see in the video game.😅
I've seen it from a guy named Gregg Olson who pitched with the Orioles starting in '89 I believe. Best curve ball I've seen.
Made in Japan at its best
Back to back shutouts games for Yamamoto he heating up
Man that curveball
Imagine when kershaw, buehler, Dustin may and the cat man get healthy. Let’s gooo
Congrats ヤマモロ
I just came back from Japan 2 moths ago and I got a clean crispy 1000 yen note framed up
山本由伸いよいよ本格始動!! 目指せ、NL ROY and CY awards 2024!! イっちゃって下さい、Yamamoto #18💙🔥🇯🇵🏆㊗️