Los Angeles Dodgers agree to historic deal with Japanese pitching sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto, per reports

Los Angeles Dodgers agree to historic deal with Japanese pitching sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto, per reports

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches in the eighth inning against Mexico during the World Baseball Classic Semifinals.



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The Los Angeles Dodgers’ offseason keeps getting better and better.

The Dodgers have agreed to a 12-year, $325 million deal with Japanese pitching sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, citing unnamed sources.

According to Passan, the Dodgers will pay an additional posting fee of $50.6 million and Yamamoto’s deal is the largest for a pitcher in MLB history, beating New York Yankee pitcher Gerrit Cole’s contract by $1 million.

The 25-year-old made the switch to Major League Baseball (MLB) this offseason after he was posted as a free agent by Japan’s Orix Buffaloes back in November.

Yamamoto impressed during the early part of his career, being awarded the Eiji Sawamura Award – given to the top starting pitcher in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) – on three occasion