Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been one of the best starters in the game since accepting the Dodgers’ 10-year, $325 million contract, and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel named his signing the No. 1 deal to happen in the same week as Christmas since 1990.
“It’s just not recency bias that put this deal atop our list because Yamamoto is one of the best pitchers in the game, has two rings, is coming off an especially strong playoff run, and got his contract after a multipart bidding battle with a number of big-market teams offering deals in the same ballpark as the Dodgers,” McDaniel wrote.