Overview

• Yamamoto threw six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in an 8-0 win over the Diamondbacks to secure the division.
• He finished 2025 at 12-8 with a 2.49 ERA and 201 strikeouts across 173.2 innings.
• He became the first Dodgers pitcher since Walker Buehler in 2021 to record a 200-strikeout season.
• He joined a short list as just the seventh Japanese-born pitcher to reach 200 strikeouts in a single MLB season.
• Manager Dave Roberts praised him as “everything you want in an ace,” underscoring his role atop the postseason rotation.