The stress is off the Dodgers to win a sport in 2024. Due to their 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday in Seoul, the Dodgers are 1-0 to start the common season.
Not each participant has made his common season debut, nevertheless. For one Dodger specifically, there’s fairly a little bit of stress to carry out earlier than he returns to the US.
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto informed reporters, including Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain, that he has robust emotions going into his main league debut Thursday in Seoul, South Korea.
“I do really feel quite a lot of pleasure, but in addition I do really feel a bit nervous. I’m having blended feelings proper now. I’ve to give attention to main workforce to victory.”
Expectations had been excessive for Yamamoto after the 25-year-old right-hander signed a record $325 million contract with the Dodgers in December. After a powerful spring coaching debut — two shutout innings against the defending champion Texas Rangers — Yamamoto struggled in Cactus League play, ending with an 8.38 ERA. His fastball was the weakest spot in his arsenal.
However throughout spring coaching, his fastball performed under its grade — as a result of it was mainly the one pitch he threw that batters might really hit. Of the 16 line drives, fly balls and onerous grounders he allowed, 13 of them got here off fastballs, and the opposite three off curveballs. Of these 13 balls in play off fastballs, just one was clearly out of the strike zone.
— by way of Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.com
The place did all that onerous contact come from? Yamamoto might have been tipping his pitches, an issue he sought to regulate after his first outing.
“I used to be making an attempt a pair various things when it comes to hand place on the mound. However at this level, I did the whole lot I might do. I did sufficient adjustment to enter the video games, into the season.”
— Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Will the changes work? Tune in at 3 a.m. Pacific Time to seek out out. That’s when Yamamoto is scheduled to be on the mound in Seoul for his main league debut.
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