The adjustment for Yamamoto has been syncing up his delivery, which has allowed for his fastball command to be much better. With that, all of his other pitches are playing the way they're supposed to.
"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it," Roberts recently said when asked if he intends to move Yamamoto to a more traditional schedule. "But having the depth of guys in the 'pen or dropping a starter in if we need to, off days, I think we can sustain this for quite some time. But we'll continue to monitor how Yoshinobu's stuff plays in his start, how he recovers and all that stuff."
After throwing six scoreless innings in his last start against the Washington Nationals, Yamamoto said he focused on throwing his offspeed pitches in the strike zone, which in turn made his fastball more effective.
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