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The Los Angeles Dodgers will decorate a new page of Major League Baseball (MLB) history. The "three consecutive starts of Japanese pitchers" following Rocky Sasaki (25), Shohei Ohtani (32), and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (28, LA Dodgers) have become a reality.
According to reports by U.S. sports statistics media Elias and Dodger Blue, which mainly deals with Dodgers news on the 31st (Korea time), the Dodgers will put Sasaki, Otani and Yamamoto on the starting mound in the three consecutive home games against the Cleveland Guardians, the first time in major league history that a Japanese pitcher has taken the mound in three consecutive games. It is even the first time a Japanese pitcher has played in three consecutive games in a series.
In other words, beyond all three Japanese pitchers taking the mound within a single major league series, it is unprecedented in MLB history for a team to fill the entire three consecutive games with only Japanese starting pitchers.
The main characters of this milestone are the top stars that are currently shaking the world of baseball. Starting with Sasaki, who is not good at the beginning of this season but is called "Japan's monster pitcher," Ohtani, an icon of both pitching and superstar, and Yamamoto, the true LA Dodgers' "first starter," are building the Dodgers' starting rotation.
Sasaki, who will take the mound as the first starter in three consecutive games, left a modest record of 1-1 with a 4.46 ERA in 10 regular Major League games (eight starts) last season. In four exhibition games ahead of this season, he recorded a sluggish record of 15.58 ERA with one win and no loss. Nevertheless, due to the Dodgers' intention to use Sasaki as a starting pitcher, he will start the season as a starting pitcher first.
On top of that, Ohtani, who will take the mound on April 1, will make his first pitching appearance of the season. Yamamoto started the opening game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on the 27th and won with five hits (one home run) and six strikeouts and two runs in six innings.
They are also the main players who collaborated on Japan's victory in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) held in 2023. However, Sasaki was absent from the 2026 WBC and failed to advance to the semifinals. Colleagues who used to play for the national team are now showing off the prowess of Japanese baseball by protecting the starting rotation side by side in Dodgers uniforms, a prestigious Major League club.
The first game of the three consecutive home games against Cleveland, where Sasaki will take the mound, will begin at 11:10 a.m. on the 31st. Currently, the Dodgers are leading the National League West with three wins and no losses (winning rate of 1.000) by catching all three consecutive games with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
In particular, the Dodgers are expected to prove their strong starters through the three consecutive games and enjoy marketing effects targeting Japan. Baseball fans around the world are heading to Dodger Stadium in this "three consecutive series of Japanese aces" that will remain in Major League history.
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