Strange Video of Yoshinobu Yamamoto Pitching Far Similar to a Javelin Throw Sparks Debate. Should He Try for Olympics?

For Yoshinobu Yamamoto, November 21, 2023, proved to be a significant day. On that very day, the Japanese pitcher achieved his window for negotiations from the grab of the Orix Buffaloes. Since then, Yoshinobu Yamamoto saw his MLB drafting chances sailing like a hot cake. Even sports journalist Jon Heyman from the New York Post heaved several baseball suitors’ names up to catch the right-hand righteous in their camp. However, Yoshinobu Yamamoto seemed not to be flinched by that. 

Recently on a baseball court, the 25-year-old caught sight of a different mood. His shoulders didn’t rest on that day, rather, they unveiled chances of a different sport. 

Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws his shoulder into a javelin stick 

Chris Chavez, the founder of Citius Mag, recently captured a rare moment of Yoshinobu Yamamoto. That moment only proved Yamamoto’s Midas touch in the throwing capability. This time, the Japanese ace was measuring his expertise with a javelin stick. The result was something that made the seasoned sports media personnel post, “I also want him to throw the javelin for Japan at the Olympics” in his X-handle. However, it was just a rubber-made javelin stick-like prop. But that also failed to hinder Yamamoto’s throwing prowess, which kept the big names foraging for him. 

That made Chavez cast his wish in the concerned X post, “I want the Yankees to sign Yoshinobu Yamamoto”. However, Jon Heyman mentioned both the New York Yankees and New York Mets as the possible MLB suitors in the race for the three-time Pacific League MVP. But the recent movements of Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman shifted the tide in favor of the Bronx-stationed NFL giant. “All of it plays a part, a negotiation’s an important part of it.”, he conceded. That might have worked behind Chavez’s hearty desperation. However, Yoshinobu Yamamoto never stopped being unrivaled by his prized ability. 

The unmatched wishes of Chris Chavez 

In November 2023, Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s third-time Japanese MVP title win lifted him into the leagues of the baseball magnates, Ichiro Suzuki and Hisashi Yamada. Eventually, his right-hand copacetic throws earned him a staggering record of 16-6 with 0.884 WHIP in merely 23 appearances in the 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball period. That unparalleled showdown brought big hands like Brian Cashman to rush to Japan to get a glance at Yoshinobu Yamamoto in person. 

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However, in the Javelin throw, he might have to oppose the chances of Roderick Genki Dean for the Paris Olympics 2024. Dean already received the bronze medal in the Asian Games in 2023 with a hefty throw of 82.68m. Still, Yamamoto might feel happy about the Dean’s statement after the event in Hangzhou on that night. “It’s been a pretty long season and my body was quite exhausted, but I did close to my season best,” he uttered. Now Chris Chavez’s second wish might take time to become real when his first one is already underway.

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