Cody Ponce or Yoshinobu Yamamoto
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| Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD  | Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 10 | 1 |
| Games Started | 10 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 64.0 | 2.1 |
| Wins | 4 | 0 |
| Losses | 4 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 50 | 1 |
| Earned Runs | 22 | 1 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 9 | 0 |
| Strikeouts | 59 | 3 |
| Walks | 13 | 1 |
| ERA | 3.09 | 3.86 |
| WHIP | 0.98 | 0.86 |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD | Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 27 | 36 |
| Games Started | 27 | 23 |
| Innings Pitched | 158.0 | 144.4 |
| Wins | 12 | 8 |
| Losses | 6 | 8 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 126 | 134 |
| Earned Runs | 55 | 65 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 16 | 20 |
| Strikeouts | 172 | 148 |
| Walks | 47 | 46 |
| ERA | 3.11 | 4.08 |
| WHIP | 1.10 | 1.25 |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD | Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR | |
| News | ||
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one earned run on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over seven innings in Sunday's win over the Brewers. Chase Davis Mon, May 25th | Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th | |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out eight over seven innings in Monday's loss to the Padres. Chase Davis Tue, May 19th | Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th | |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto had his command but not his usual results in Tuesday's loss to the Giants. Jesse Garcia Wed, May 13th | The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th | |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Monday's 8-3 win over the Astros. Chase Davis Tue, May 5th | The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st | |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed three earned runs on five hits and four walks while striking out four over five innings in Monday's win over the Marlins. Chase Davis Tue, Apr 28th | Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st | |
| Notes | ||
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto followed up his MLB debut with a strong 2025, flashing elite command and swing-and-miss ability even as his workload was managed. That, however, went out the window when he threw 37 1/3 postseason innings, bringing his total to 210 in 2025. His 2026 projections show maintained excellent ratios and strikeout efficiency. The biggest knock against Yamamoto is that he pitches for the Dodgers, who have a deep enough staff to go with a six-man rotation or rest elite starters down the stretch (fantasy playoffs) if they wish. In any case, Yamamoto profiles as a high-end fantasy starter whose value is anchored in ratios. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros | I know it was the KBO League, but Ponce set fire to the competition last year, posting a 12.55 K9 and a 1.89 ERA. I am not sure if his success will translate to the MLB this year, but I will happily spend just a last round pick to find out. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal | |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD | Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs ATH | Luis Morales (0-2) | #306 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | @ CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | @ CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ HOU | Steven Okert | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | |
| Tue, May 5th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | @ DET | Brenan Hanifee | |
| Sat, May 16th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs COL | Tanner Gordon (0-0) | #325 | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ PIT | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ CWS | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ CWS | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ CWS | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs TB | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs TB | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ BOS | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs BAL | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs BAL | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs BAL | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ MIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ MIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ MIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ SD | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ SD | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ SD | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ ATH | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATH | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATH | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs SD | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs SD | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs SD | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs COL | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs COL | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs COL | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ARI | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ARI | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ARI | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ PHI | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ PHI | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ PHI | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs TB | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ NYM | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ NYM | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ NYM | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs SEA | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs SEA | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs BOS | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs BOS | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs BOS | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ CHC | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ CHC | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ CHC | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ ARI | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ ARI | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ ARI | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs KC | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs KC | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs KC | vs BOS | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs MIL | vs BOS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ COL | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ COL | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ TB | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATL | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATL | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ ATL | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ DET | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ DET | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ DET | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs STL | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs STL | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs STL | @ CLE | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs WSH | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs WSH | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs WSH | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs CIN | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs CIN | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs CIN | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ CIN | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ CIN | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ CIN | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs SF | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs SF | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs SF | @ TEX | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ BAL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs SD | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs SD | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SF | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SF | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SF | vs CIN | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ PIT | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs TB | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs SD | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SEA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ COL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ CIN | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs SD | |||||
