.
.
.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, of Japan, pitches to Australia in the very first inning of a Pool B video game at the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo,Sunday,March 12, 2023. Yamamoto will certainly become a freelance Tuesday and big league groups can authorize him with 5 p.m. EST onJan 4. Nippon Professional Baseball alerted Major League Baseball that the 25-year-old right-hander s club, the Orix Buffaloes, was publishing him for accessibility to MLB groups. MLB alerted the 30 groups of the publishing on Monday,Nov 20, 2023.( AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)