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Yoshinobu Yamamoto Will Start Opening Day for the Dodgers
Yamamoto, the 2025 World Series MVP, will start the Dodgers' 2026 season opener at Dodger Stadium, marking his first home Opening Day start for the team.
- On Monday, Manager Dave Roberts announced World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start the Dodgers' 2026 Opening Day game at Dodger Stadium on March 26 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- Yamamoto becomes the first Dodgers pitcher to repeat as an Opening Day starter since pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who held the role for eight consecutive seasons from 2011 through 2018.
- Returning from the World Baseball Classic after Team Japan's elimination, the right-hander earned World Series MVP honors last season after throwing 34 pitches to close out Game 7.
- Zac Gallen was named the Arizona Diamondbacks' Opening Day starter, a matchup that may influence how the Dodgers construct their lineup for the March 26 contest at home.
- By starting the first game of the season after ending the one prior, Yamamoto joins rare MLB history alongside pitcher Chris Sale, who achieved the feat in 2019.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto, MVP of the World Series, will make his second consecutive opening of Opening Day with the Dodgers
The Mystery of Yamamoto’s 69-Pitch Pull in Quarterfinals: Was It Because of the Dodgers’ Opening Day Start? Roberts, a Very Simple Decision. OSEN = Reporter Cho Hyung-rae. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the final starting pitcher for the Japanese national team's journey to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), has been selected as the LA Dodgers' opening day starter for the second consecutive year. Dodgers
Baseball: Yamamoto named Dodgers' Opening Day starter for 2nd year in row
Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be the Los Angeles Dodgers' Opening Day starter for the second straight year in a home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 26, his club's skipper said Monday.
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