If Yamamoto ends up in the majors with Los Angeles, he’d be the sixth Dodgers player born in Hawaii, joining Charlie Hough (1970-80), Sid Fernandez (1983), Carlos Diaz (1984-86), Onan Masaoka (1999-2000), and Shane Victorino (2012). With Walker Buehler also out for a majority of 2023, the Dodgers are a. Last year with the Mets, Yamamoto posted a 6.00 ERA in 54 minor league innings, split mostly between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse, with 57 strikeouts and 20 walks. The Dodgers lost a key piece of their 2022 rotation when Tyler Anderson signed a free agent deal with the Los Angeles Angels. 07/03/23: Los Angeles Dodgers optioned LHP Victor González to Oklahoma City Dodgers. 07/03/23: Los Angeles Dodgers recalled RHP Gavin Stone from Oklahoma City Dodgers. He missed over 15 weeks in 2021 with right shoulder soreness. Los Angeles Dodgers placed LHP Clayton Kershaw on the 15-day injured list retroactive to June 30, 2023. Since then, the right-hander has pitched only 18 innings in the majors, allowing 30 runs on 37 hits, including eight home runs. Yamamoto that season had a 4.46 ERA and 4.23 圎RA in 15 starts, with 82 strikeouts (a 25.2-percent rate) in 78⅔ innings. Yamamoto’s best year in the majors was his first, in 2019 with the Marlins, a year after being part of the Christian Yelich trade from Milwaukee. Neither Yamamoto nor Suero pitched in the majors in 2022, and both posted ERAs that start with a six in the minors last year, if you’d like to calibrate your expectations for this season. The first pitchers and catchers workout in Dodgers camp at Camelback Ranch (for those not participating in the non- World Baseball Classic) is February 16. No word yet whether Yamamoto and Suero will receive non-roster invitations to spring training, though I’m sure that will be sorted out one way or another in the next week or so. The Dodgers added a pair of pitchers with major league experience to minor league contracts this week, bringing aboard right-handers Jordan Yamamoto and Wander Suero.
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