Cactus League finale 8-1 the final Yoshi noou Yamamoto four and two3 innings gave up four runs on eight hits he did have those seven strikeouts through 73 pitches how have you felt this spring as far as just being ready for the season are you excited about opening the season in Korea have you pitched there yeah is the Spring G like you hoped any surprises why did you decide to pick Dodgers well yoshinobu Yamamoto Works into the fifth inning of today’s game he cruised those first three Innings J he was absolutely dominant then the Mariners touched him up two runs in the
Fourth two runs in the fifth overall what did you think of his outing today yeah obviously the stuff is there he’s going to make his adjustments as the season goes along this is a new league for him obviously he was dominant in Japan but here at the big league level
You’re going to be facing the best players on the planet so they’re going to be making their adjustments during the game you saw the Mariners were able to do that but this is good for Yamamoto he has an understanding on how he wants to work and I like that he was able to
At least pitch deep into the ball game getting himself ready to start game two opening night obviously the stuff is there when he’s hitting his spots he can be light lights out he can be as good as anybody nasty stuff great breaking ball command and that split can work I saw
Some curve balls I like today from Yamamoto I hadn’t heard as much about that pitch but that one looked pretty good at times today and you mentioned the strikeouts he faced some actual real really good Major League hitters in that Seattle lineup to strike out the side in
The first inning when you got JP Crawford and Julio Rodriguez in there that’s a test and that’s even more of a test in Arizona which is the hitter friendly atmosphere guys I have no idea if it’s hitter friendly or pitcher friendly in Korea sounds like Yamoto doesn’t know either but I guess we’ll
Find out what did you see from him today and kind of the adjustments he was making well I I I thought the first couple innings were were very good Flawless and I think the third inning I think there was a little bit of uh falling behind uh wasn’t really commanding that
Breaking ball for a strike uh leaving some fast balls up and out over and those guys took some good swings because he has to understand he does that when you’re in the big leagues one through nine guys will have a plan for you and they’re able to execute it but when you
Execute your pitches like he did that first inning he is lights out and it seems like jar because he he’s got that devastating split finger and because he’s around the plate so much all three of his spring starts it seems like teams are attacking him early on
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