{"id":27138,"date":"2025-02-19T03:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27138"},"modified":"2025-02-19T03:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:47:00","slug":"shocking-dodgers-manager-drops-ominous-warning-about-yoshinobu-yamamoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27138","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;SHOCKING: Dodgers Manager Drops Ominous Warning About Yoshinobu Yamamoto!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers may be even scarier in 2025 based on what manager Dave Roberts had to say about one of his star pitchers.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts had a very scary quote about Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto when addressing the media on Monday. According to Roberts, Yamamoto is \u201cconsiderably ahead of where he was last year,\u201d when he was entering his first season in Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-secondary-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xl-content-width has-sm-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom has-lg-margin-top has-lg-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"mai-ad-in-single-content\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Roberts had effusive praise for the command and delivery of Yamamoto\u2019s pitches, and appears to be expecting huge things from the pitcher in 2025.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" data-content-name=\"Post Featured Image\" data-track-content=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/yoshinobu-yamamoto-dodgers-1-800x450.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/yoshinobu-yamamoto-dodgers-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/yoshinobu-yamamoto-dodgers-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/yoshinobu-yamamoto-dodgers-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/yoshinobu-yamamoto-dodgers-1-800x450.jpg 800w\" alt=\"Yoshinobu Yamamoto holding a Dodgers cap\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Apr 25, 2024; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) walks to the dugout after the third out against the Washington Nationals during the second inning at Nationals Park. 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After allowing 11 earned runs in his first 22 innings, he posted a 2.25 ERA over his next nine starts before an injury derailed much of his season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-secondary-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xl-content-width has-sm-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom has-lg-margin-top has-lg-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"mai-ad-in-single-content\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<article class=\"entry entry-single no-entry-link type-post category-baseball tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto\" aria-label=\"Dodgers manager shares scary quote about Yoshinobu Yamamoto\">\n<div class=\"entry-wrap entry-wrap-single\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry-content-single\">\n<p>Yamamoto was able to come back in the postseason and was not quite as sharp, though\u00a0there may have been a reason for that.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers added Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki to their rotation in the offseason, with Yamamoto\u00a0said to be instrumental in the latter move. 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