‘The numbers weren’t good’ for Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto in second spring start

Yoshinobu Yamamoto did not feel comfortable pitching out of the stretch on Wednesday, which was unfortunate seeing as the new Dodgers right-hander spent most of his rocky three-inning stint against the Chicago White Sox with runners on base. I was testing a couple of things, and that was good.” Yamamoto, who breezed through two scoreless innings against the Texas Rangers in his first Cactus League start on Feb. 28, would not elaborate on what he was working on, but he’ll have one more exhibition start before the team’s season-opening series in South Korea to iron out whatever was troubling him on Wednesday. “I really believe comfort leads to performance and confidence, so to have someone that speaks your language, whether it’s Spanish, English, Japanese, Korean, it just makes things more comfortable and more familiar,” Roberts said. I’m gonna make it the best nine years that I can.” Betts, who hit.307 with a.987 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, 39 homers and 107 RBIs and placed second in National League MVP voting last season, doesn’t expect to gain much more power using Yamamoto’s training techniques. “It’s more important to stay healthy and be the best Mook for these these next nine years, or however long I’ve got.” Short hops The defensive struggles of shortstop Gavin Lux, who missed all of last season because of right-knee surgery, continued on Wednesday, Lux bounced two throws to first base that Freeman was able to scoop, preventing two errors.