MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 20: Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 of Team Japan delivers a pitch against Team Mexico during the fifth inning during the World Baseball Classic Semifinals at loanDepot park on March 20, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images)
Christmas came early for the MLB hot stove and its frozen free-agent market, as Japanese star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has finally made a decision.
But the decision was perhaps the most predictable one possible, really, as the 25-year-old Yamamoto has decided to take his talents to Los Angeles by way of a 12-year, $325 million contract with the Dodgers.
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