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Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Los Angeles Dodgers National League West

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 176 lb
Number: #18

Born: August 17, 1998 in Bizen, Japan
MLB debut: March 21, 2024
Salary, 2026: $16.2M

dbWAR: 11.4
IP: 185.0
ERA: 2.53
FIP: 3.33
K/9: 8.9
FIP−: 80

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2026 he struck out 182 batters over 185.0 innings across 28 appearances, 28 of them starts, going 14-9. His ERA of 2.53 is 39.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 18 on his team, and 47th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.33 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 27.9% of swings (13.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.7%. His 4.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP3.33

K/98.9

WHIP0.87

WAR4.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	LAD	28	28	185.0	14	9	119	52	182	42	2.53	3.33	0.87	8.9	2.0	61	80	4.1
2025	LAD	30	30	173.2	12	8	113	48	201	59	2.49	2.94	0.99	10.4	3.1	60	71	4.7
2024	LAD	18	18	90.0	7	2	78	30	105	22	3.00	2.61	1.11	10.5	2.2	74	64	2.6

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	378	350	59	10	23	96	.169	.228	.283	.231	25.4%
vs RHB	330	305	60	10	19	86	.197	.248	.338	.258	26.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Splitter	26.6%	726	91.5	1,440	38.8%	33.8%	204	.157	.454
Four-Seam Fastball	26.3%	718	96.1	2,251	56.3%	29.1%	138	.159	.594
Cutter	14.9%	408	91.6	2,469	48.8%	23.6%	90	.233	.676
Curveball	13.2%	360	76.9	2,812	53.6%	26.0%	69	.217	.579
Sinker	13.1%	357	95.5	2,310	48.5%	13.9%	102	.176	.528
Slider	6.0%	165	86.9	2,775	47.3%	35.7%	53	.208	.501

Yoshinobu Yamamoto's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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ERA: 2.98
FIP: 3.19
SO: 47
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SO: 174
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ERA: 2.47
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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.