"It's an honor for me, and then it's opening day at a Dodger Stadium home game, and that's very [much an] honor to me. I also feel the responsibility."
"Yamamoto finished 2025 with a 2.49 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 201 strikeouts and 173.2 innings pitched across 30 starts. With 201 strikeouts, he became the first Dodgers pitcher to reach 200 in a single season since Walker Buehler in 2021."
"The second-year Dodgers pitcher followed up his regular season with one of the most impressive postseason performances in MLB history. He allowed just six earned runs across 37.1 total innings, including two complete games and closing out Game 7 on zero days of rest."
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been named the Los Angeles Dodgers' Opening Day starter for the second consecutive year, marking his first Opening Day start at Dodger Stadium. The right-hander previously started the 2025 season opener in Tokyo against the Chicago Cubs, allowing one run over five innings in a historic matchup featuring two Japanese starting pitchers. Yamamoto becomes the first Dodgers starter to earn back-to-back Opening Day assignments since Clayton Kershaw in 2018. The 27-year-old had an exceptional 2025 season with a 2.49 ERA, 201 strikeouts, and 173.2 innings pitched across 30 starts, becoming the first Dodgers pitcher to reach 200 strikeouts since Walker Buehler in 2021. He will lead the Dodgers rotation alongside Shohei Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow.
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