Russ Dorsey here, national MLB insider for Yahoo Sports. And I'm here to give you the five players I'm most excited to see this spring. Number one for me is Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the Los Angeles ...

Of course, the Japanese mega-stars are about ... when the Dodgers open the MLB season on March 20 in Seoul, South Korea, against the San Diego Padres. Ohtani and Yamamoto with the Dodgers and ...

Imagine handing a $325 million contract to a pitcher who’s never thrown a single MLB ... Yamamoto’s case, the data is clear: his “stuff” is elite, comparable to established Japanese stars ...

But a right rotator cuff strain suffered in June seemed to halt that early success and potentially end his rookie MLB ... Yamamoto and the Dodgers came in the third inning. The Japanese star ...

Japanese star Roki Sasaki is joining the Los Angeles Dodgers following a frenzied Major League Baseball battle for ... stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in a brief statement on Instagram.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a record-setting 12-year, $325 million contract last offseason, which represented the longest and richest deal for a pitcher in MLB history.

The Japanese phenom is making the jump to MLB after spending the last four seasons ... Mookie Betts believes the presence of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will help Sasaki have a smooth ...

“It's been easy.” Ohtani has played six seasons in Major League Baseball with the Los Angeles Angels, winning two AL MVP awards and making three All-Star teams. Yamamoto is making his debut in ...