Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Yoshinobu Yamamoto 山本 由伸 born August 17 1998 is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball MLB He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball NPB for the Orix Buffaloes where he became one of the most decorated pitchers in league history Between 2021 and 2023 Yamamoto won three consecutive Pacific League Most Valuable Player Awards three Eiji Sawamura Awards and three Triple Crowns leading the league in wins strikeouts and earned run average in each of those seasons He also threw two nohitters and was a key figure in Orixs 2022 Japan Series championship Following the 2023 season Yamamoto was posted to MLB and signed a 12year 325 million contract with the Dodgersthe largest ever for a pitcher at the time In his rookie MLB season he contributed to Los Angeles 2024 World Series title becoming the first player in baseball history to win a World Series an Olympic gold medal and a World Baseball Classic title Internationally he has represented Japan in multiple tournaments earning gold medals at the 2019 WBSC Premier12 the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2023 World Baseball Classic Description above from the Wikipedia article Shohei Ohtani licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia