Yamamoto signed his contract with the Dodgers on Dec. 27, 2023, after starring in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball for the Orix Buffaloes. Shohei Ohtani had signed his $700 million deal with the Dodgers just a couple weeks earlier. Yamamoto decided to come aboard, too. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is from Bizen, Okayama in Japan.

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched on 0 days rest, as a Toronto Blue Jays star calls it 'freaky.'

As collectors scramble to acquire the World Series MVP's rookie cards, the very best one is still waiting to be pulled.

Yamamoto in his two years in Los Angeles is already tied for the most World Series wins in Dodgers history with four, along with Johnny Podres and Sandy Koufax, who in Games 7 closed out championships 70 and 60 years ago, respectively. Yamamoto to date has only pitched in four World Series games, three of them starts.

Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named World Series Most Valuable Player on Saturday, just minutes after Los Angeles completed a comeback Game 7 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays. In the process,

Where there was a Will, there was a way. The Dodgers, buried in an early hole Saturday night, displayed one kind of will in recovering to catch the Blue Jays in the late innings. And then in the 11th inning there was another.

One day after pitching 6 innings in Game 6, Yamamoto delivered the final 2 2/3 innings to secure L.A.'s second straight title.