MLB Dodgers Japanese Player Biography 1995-2024 ◆Yoshinobu Yamamoto officially announced that he will join the Dodgers. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, showing off his jersey number 18, held a press conference at Dodgers Stadium on December 28, Japan time. He appeared in a plaid suit with a blue tie, and also sported his number 18 jersey. Yamamoto said, “Thanks to so many people, I’m able to be here now.I’m really grateful to the Dodgers for giving me the opportunity to play in the majors.I want to play baseball even more in order to become a world champion. I promise to the fans in Los Angeles that I will spend each new day trying to get better.From today on, I have to stop admiring myself in the true sense of the word.I want to become the kind of player that people look up to. I’ll do my best,” he said, using Otani’s famous quote from WBC. Yamamoto was aiming to transfer from Orix to the major leagues through the posting system, but on the 22nd, it was revealed that he would be joining the Dodgers and receive a huge contract worth 325 million dollars (approximately 47.1 billion yen) over 12 years. While many teams were looking to acquire him, the Dodgers won the bidding war with Shohei Ohtani also attending the interview. ◆List of players and years enrolled Hideo Nomo 1995-1998 2002-2004 Kazuhisa Ishii 2002-2004 Yuo Kida 2003-2004 Norihiro Nakamura 2005 Takashi Saito 2006-2008 Hiroki Kuroda 2008-2011 Kenta Maeda 2016-2019 Yu Darvish 2017 Yoshi Tsutsugo Satoshi 2021 Shohei Otani 2024- Yoshinobu Yamamoto 2024- —————————————- ————– We look forward to your channel registration!Interesting stories to talk about tonight at MLB Onsen ♨ #Baseball #mlb #Major League #Yoshinobu Yamamoto #Shohei Otani #Yu Darvish #Kenta Maeda #Hideo Nomo #Kazuhisa Ishii #Yoshitomo Tsutsugo #Norihiro Nakamura #Hiroki Kuroda #Takashi Saito #Yu Kida Husband #Dodgers #Japanese player
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