The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed the coveted pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a Japanese free agent and three-time winner of Japan’s model of the Cy Younger Award, given to the excellent pitcher.
Yamamoto, simply 25-years-old, was thought-about the prize pitcher of this winter’s free-agent market, with each large market workforce in pursuit. The Dodgers gained with a reported 12-year deal price $325 million, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The contract surpasses the whole worth of Gerrit Cole’s report $324 million, however is three years longer.
The deal accommodates no defferals, per stories.
Yamamoto has till Jan. 4 to finalize his deal underneath phrases of his posting.
The signing is the second vital transfer by the Dodgers within the low season. They signed designated hitter and reigning MVP Shohei Ohtani to a blockbuster $700 million deal earlier, that means they’ve dedicated a billion {dollars} to only two gamers, albeit over a few years. Ohtani reportedly deferred the majority of his annual wage to permit the Dodgers to make different strikes.
