Yoshinobu Yamamoto joins Shohei Ohtani on Team Japan's WBC roster

After months of speculation, Los Angeles Dodgers star Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named to Team Japan’s roster Monday and will pitch in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Yamamoto joins Dodgers teammate Shohei Ohtani, who was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player in 2023 as a key member of the championship team. Now Samurai Japan boasts a potent 1-2 punch atop its rotation, one that should rival Team USA’s trio of Paul Skenes, Tarik Skubal and Logan Webb. Japan, which also won the tournament in 2006 and 2009, stacks up alongside Team USA and Team Dominican Republic as early...