Yamamoto, Burleson, May, J. Lee, Jc. Young
Jun 24 2026
Yamamoto continues to thrive … Yoshinobu Yamamoto (RHP, LA) has followed an outstanding 2025 campaign by posting a 2.65 ERA and 0.87 WHIP through 91 IP thus far in 2026. How are things under the hood?
| Year | IP | ERA/xERA | BB% | K% | K-BB% | xBB% | SwK | Vel | GB/LD/FB | H%/S% | HR/F |
| 2024 | 90 | 3.00/3.10 | 5% | 28% | 23% | 6% | 12.6% | 95.4 | 47/20/31 | 32/75 | 9% |
| 2025 | 173 | 2.49/3.04 | 8% | 29% | 21% | 7% | 13.0% | 95.3 | 52/15/30 | 26/78 | 10% |
| 2026 | 91 | 2.65/3.17 | 4% | 24% | 20% | 6% | 13.2% | 95.8 | 48/17/32 | 25/75 | 12% |
This is a terrific collection of skills:
- Though his K% is down from 2025, his SwK% has held steady and points to a touch of K% upside (27% xK%).
- Yamamoto’s BB% has improved to the 96th percentile in 2026. His xBB% (34% Ball%) doesn’t fully support it, but even if his BB% creeps toward xBB%, that’s still much better than the MLB average...
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