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This time around, facing a fellow Japanese star in his home country, Yamamoto showed why the Dodgers were willing to sign him to the most lucrative deal ever for a pitcher.

Ohtani, Yamamoto and Sasaki are Dodgers — adding the latter after ... made late pushes, his decision to sign in Los Angeles surprised almost no one in the industry. “Getting Shohei and ...

Two of Japan’s most decorated pitchers will kick off the 2025 MLB season. In the first game of the Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and Cubs (6 a.m. ET Tuesday on FOX), Yoshinobu Yamamoto will toe the rubber for the Dodgers against Chicago’s Shota Imanaga.

TOKYO – The moment Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki set foot in Japan, their homeland embraced them like returning heroes. This wasn’t The Beatles, but three former Nippon Professional Baseball players returning to their nation as ...

The defending World Series champion Dodgers open their 2025 season against the Chicago Cubs at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. First pitch is scheduled for 3:10 a.m. PDT (Fox, SportsNet LA).