Yoshinobu Yamamoto projection

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (RHP, LAD) projects to strike out 26.9% of batters, walk or hit 7.9% and allow home runs to 2.60%, working about 6.1 innings per start.

2026 season: 29 starts, 192 innings, 192 strikeouts, 49 walks + HBP, 20 home runs.

2025 Statcast: xwOBA allowed 0.258, CSW 29.079%.

Whiff rate 28.9%, barrels allowed 5.7%, hard-hit rate 39.7%. Projections are regressed toward league average by sample size (2099 batters faced in the weighted sample), so small samples move less.

Recent starts

DateInningsPitches
2026-10-06798
2026-09-23688
2026-09-15791
2026-09-09790
2026-09-02793

Runs allowed per nine innings this season: 2.62. How these numbers feed each game projection is explained on the methodology page, and how to read a pitcher projection explains each number above.

Next start: 2026-10-12 vs MIL

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