{"id":623504,"date":"2026-03-14T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/623504\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T13:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T13:59:43","slug":"yoshinobu-yamamoto-yusei-kikuchi-hit-miami-park-for-pitching-practice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/623504\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Yusei Kikuchi Hit Miami Park For Pitching Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:TMZ;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"TMZ\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"60\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/49991ec0-05b0-11f0-abff-4537e45db568.png\"\/><\/a>Sat, March 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5f03eea6c86c750b7482e9826c1a1a00.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Team Japan is set to take the field on Saturday against Venezuela in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic in Miami &#8230; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/yoshinobu-yamamoto\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yoshinobu Yamamoto;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> and his teammate &#8212; L.A. Angels pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/yusei-kikuchi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yusei Kikuchi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Yusei Kikuchi<\/a> &#8212; gave folks at the park an up-close look at their arms!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TMZ Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">TMZ Sports<\/a> obtained footage of the duo hitting a nearby park not long after they landed in the 305 earlier this week &#8230; which shows them working on their mechanics as they get set not only for more WBC action &#8212; but also for the upcoming MLB season.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/eb81570ab7e276a995938505eb9cd181.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for the two, they seemed to avoid drawing any crowd as they did their thing &#8212; perhaps the parkgoers were oblivious to the star power in their presence.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s set to be a big night for Yamamoto, as he&#8217;ll take the bump for Samurai Japan, with Ranger Suarez slated to toe the mound for Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>As of right now &#8230; Kikuchi is scheduled to start the semifinal matchup, should they make it that far.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5d092d132d638913f45bd936a8acd40f.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Once Yamamoto makes his final start of the event, he will remain with the squad for as long as they keep playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat, March 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM UTC Team Japan is set to take the field on Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[5,1816,778,58,4171,4,10315,8814,4820,313,809],"class_list":{"0":"post-623504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-marlins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-marlins","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-marlins","12":"tag-miamimarlins","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-team-japan","15":"tag-venezuela","16":"tag-world-baseball-classic","17":"tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto","18":"tag-yusei-kikuchi"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116227893485441126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}