After struggling with a five-day rest schedule last season, rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto adapted and emerged as the Dodgers' ace this season. Despite earlier inconsistencies, he now boasts a career-high 2.59 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 19 starts. Yamamoto has remained healthy throughout the season, recovering well since missing time last summer due to injuries. He feels confident enough to potentially pitch on four days' rest, indicating significant improvement in his routine and conditioning in preparation for postseason play.
This year, my body has recovered really well. I often check with the trainers after the game, and we talk about how if it's like this, I could throw in four days, or how if I feel like that, I might be a little later. We go through different scenarios like that every week. I still haven't started on four days' rest, but I think my preparation to do that has gone well.
Yamamoto has continued on that five-day rest between starts schedule. In the midst of several injuries to their rotation, he has emerged as the Dodgers' ace, posting a career-high 2.59 ERA and 116 strikeouts in a career-high 19 starts.
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