Yamamoto 'Bigger and More Physically Imposing' This Season

""He's going to pitch for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic and there's a lot of optimism around camp here that he's going to be able to handle the WBC workload, he's going to be able to make it through another full season feeling healthy and fresh," Harris said."

""It was interesting to hear him say, 'I felt good. I went through the offseason, my body felt strong." He's coming to camp looking just bigger, more physically imposing.""

""I think it speaks to just the really clean mechanics he has," he said. "He talked about when he went out there in Game 7 last year, he felt okay and he was able to stay in his delivery.""

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched in Games 6 and 7 of the World Series and earned World Series MVP after helping the Dodgers to a come-from-behind series win. Yamamoto returned to spring training healthy and with an improved, more physically imposing physique following a heavy 2025 workload. Clean pitching mechanics helped him maintain his delivery under pressure and support durability. Yamamoto will pitch for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic. A unique training regimen that includes body-weight exercises, handstands, and javelin throws complements strength gains and supports expectations that he can handle the WBC and another full MLB season.

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