Yoshinobu Yamamoto balances workload for WBC repeat, Dodgers three-peat
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is heading to the World Baseball Classic to pitch for Japan. Dodgers fans will be hoping he comes home healthy.
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Yoshinobu Yamamoto insists he has no concerns.
The Los Angeles Dodgers tell you, well, at least publicly, they have no worries.
And Dodgers fans will be at home watching with a knot in their stomachs, no sure how much success they want their ace to have in the World Baseball Classic, only that he returns fully healthy for the regular season.
Yoshinobu, after giving up five hits and two runs in three innings Friday against the San Franciso Giants in a 12-4 loss, is leaving for Tokyo where he will meet up with Shohei Ohtani and the rest of his teammates as Team Japan defends its WBC title.
“We’re going to miss him certainly when he’s away with Team Japan,’’ Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, “but we absolutely got what we needed.’’
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