Emmet Sheehan made his Major League debut for the Dodgers on June 16, 2023 against the Giants and threw six no-hit innings. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has built up a reputation of being one of the greatest pitching talents to ever come out of Japan. His ability to command multiple pitches, throw strikes with consistency and dominate any lineup helped make him a three-time Eiji Sawamura Award winner and three-time Pacific League MVP in the Nippon Professional Baseball League.
Yamamoto faced the entire Padres lineup in the first inning last week, throwing 43 pitches (20 balls). There was a walk, a hit batsman and a wild pitch in there.