The splitter is on the rise in Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers are cornering the market. Splitters were thrown more often in 2024 than in any other season of the pitch tracking era, which goes back to 2008.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s first season in Major League Baseball was a big success. The Los Angeles Dodgders’ 26-year-old right-handed pitcher

Sasaki said he prioritized joining a team that would embrace a Japanese player, but explained that there were other reasons that he ultimately chose the Dodgers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been on an unprecedented stretch that dates back to last offseason when they signed Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu ... went on to win the World Series, which has been ...

A free agent pitcher who started Game 1 of the World Series for the Dodgers said he wanted to stay with the team that traded him at the 2024 deadline.

Along with Blake Snell – signed to a five-year, $182 million contract in December. And Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was posted one year ago after seven dominant seasons in Japan, signed a $325 million contract – and was the starting pitcher for four of the Dodgers’ 11 postseason wins.

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in 2024 ... With Ohtani, Sasaki, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Snell, the Dodgers have perhaps the best rotation in baseball, and that doesn ...

Young Japanese flamethrower Roki Sasaki said on Instagram that he's signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving the defending World Series champions even more star power entering 2025.

Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki is signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced Friday on Instagram. Sasaki, 23, was considered to be the best pitcher in the world not already under the employment of an MLB organization.

Reigning World Series champions ... allowing them to keep their top pitchers like Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow to stay relatively fresh for the playoffs.

World Baseball Classic Semifinals ... Sitting at the No. 3 spot would be Yoshinobu Yamamoto, one of their prized free agent signings last winter along with Ohtani. Yamamoto had high expectations ...

The primary question concerned the influence of fellow Japanese Dodgers stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu ... World Series championship in his first season playing with the Dodgers. Yamamoto ...