The Dodgers addition of Shohei Ohtani is the team’s big splash of the MLB offseason, but Los Angeles still has work to do to improve its roster. Ohtani gave the team some financial relief through his contract structure, and the Dodgers are planning to use that money on some high-profile players.
Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci reports that Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Josh Hader are two players the Dodgers are targeting in free agency. While Los Angeles’s interest in Yamamoto has been well-documented, the team has not yet been publicly linked to Hader.
Yamamoto is a Japanese baseball star who has been popular on the open market, as the Yankees, Mets, Giants and Red Sox are among the other teams reportedly interested. The 25-year-old totaled an ERA under 2.00 in his last three seasons in NPB, helping him win back-to-back-to-back Pacific League MVPs and Eiji Sawamura awards.
