Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The highest-touted Japanese pitcher in the history of baseball has reportedly shattered the record books.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a 25-year-old who has been named the MVP of the Pacific League in the Nippon Professional Baseball league in Japan for three straight years, has agreed to a 12-year, $325 million deal with, who else but, the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to multiple reports.
The Dodgers continue their massive spending spree in free agency after inking Yoshinobu's World Baseball Classic teammate Shohei Ohtani to a $700 million pact, the largest in North American sports.
They also acquired Tyler Glasnow in a trade and then signed him to a five-year, $135 million extension. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 of Team Japan pitches during the 2023 World Baseball Classic Semifinal game against Team Mexico at loanDepot Park on Monday, March 20, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images) Yoshinobu's contract is the largest ever given to a pitcher in the history of baseball, breaking Gerrit Cole's $324 million pact he signed in 2019.