Yasuaki Yamasaki
Yasuaki Yamasaki is a baseball player for Yokohama DeNA Baystars of NPB(Nippon Professional Baseball Organization).
| Position | Pitcher |
| Bats/Throws | R/R |
| Team | Yokohama DeNA Baystars |
| Bron | 10/2/1992 in Arakawa, Japan |
| Draft | 2014, Yokohama DeNA Baystars, Round: 1 |
| Debut | 3/28/2015 |
| Awards and honors |
Rookie of the Year award (2015) Central League Special Award (2015) Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize for Best Newcomer (2015) All-star game (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) |
| national team | WBSC Premier12 (2015, 2019) Summer Olympics (2020 in Tokyo) |
Yamasaki has a Japanese father and a Filipino mother. He is very protective of his mother and sends
her winning balls.
He has been the closer since his rookie year and has produced results.
After poor years in 2020 and 2021, he achieved a career high in 2022.
Wanted MLB transfer through the posting system after the 2022 season.
However, he signed a six-year contract with the team.
There is reportedly no opt-out clause.
Yamasaki's Playing Style
Yamasaki throws a four-seam with a 92-93 mph average from three quarters. The highest is 96.3 mph.
His four-seam and splits make up the bulk of his pitching. Batter speaks of these two balls as being
very difficult to distinguish. This pitching style has also produced results in international
competition.
In informal games, knuckleballs may be thrown.
Yamasaki's game video
He struck out three in a row in this game.