Yoshinobu evaluates his loss against the Giants May 12, 2026 with Interpreter Evaluation English Media

The blue responses are our direct translation of Yoshinobu’s answers and the

are our commentary on the interpretation of Yoshinobu’s responses. Finally, we finish with a grade of the interpreter.

Kirsten: Yoshi, when you look at this outing, it seemed like the home runs really are what got to you. Of course, a couple hits late in your outing, but those home runs specifically, what were you seeing where they got to you?

Hiro: 3本のこのホームランに関してどういうふうに思われていますか?

Translation: What did you think of the three homeruns?

Yoshinobu: まずは全体的にボールはまあ、いいボールは投げれている球が多かったのかなと思いますけど。ホームランのボールは長打になってしまうとこに失投したのはうまく打たれました。

Translation: First off, my pitches today were not bad I think. The home run balls were bad pitches that I think the hitters took advantage of for extra base hits.

Hiro: So overall, I think I was throwing pretty good pitches and then except the three pitches I mislocated and then it was easy for them to hammer.

Kirsten: With how you started this game, that first inning has proven to be a little bit more challenging to start this year but with your efficiency and how you used your entire pitch mix, what was the focus for you in your first inning of work today?

Hiro: What was the first one?

Kirsten: In the first inning. What was his focus was, being efficient using his full pitch mix to get good results?

Hiro: 今日は初回からすごい効果的に効率的に投げられていたと思うんですけども初回ここって何を考えて投げていましたか？

Translation: Today you pitched efficiently from the first, what did you think while pitching from the first?

Yoshinobu: いつも今年特に初回の失点が多かったのでそこは一つ自分の中で課題としてよく練習中も考えながらやっていましたけど。今日はとにかく自信を持ってこれまでの初回に失点したことだったりいつもはより意識して上がるようにしてましたけど、今日は逆にとにかく自信を持って上がるようにして結果うまくいったのでまた分析して次につなげたいと思います。

Translation: Always and especially this year, I was careful not to give up first inning runs. That was an area for improvement for today and through practice that I thought about. Today, I tried to be confident and be careful not to give up first inning runs. Today, on the other hand, I want to stay confident, the results were good and I will evaluate this outing and connect it to the next one.

Hiro: Because this year, you know, I tended to give up runs in the first inning early in the game. So during the practice, you know, because I was focusing on that issue and to fix it, make it.

adjustment and then today because I was able to follow up with a level of confidence. So in that sense, you know, I think the first inning was good.

Reporter: What is causing the home run rate in general this season?

Hiro: あの、非本塁打率がちょっと高いと言うところ原因はどこですか？

Translation: What is the reason your homerun rate is so high?

Yoshinobu: どのホームランは理由はよりますけど。今日とかはもう少し意識したらもっと結果が変わっただろうなと思いますし。そういったことはまあピッチングの中でもすごく基本的な部分だと思いますし、そういったところをより丁寧にやることが今後のピッチングを

向上していくきっかけなのかなと思います。

Translation: Any home run has their reasons. I think if I focused a little more the results may have changed. Those things are part of the basics of pitching, I think and those details will improve my pitching from here on.

Hiro: It depends on which home run we're talking about but today's I think you know because I was just that was all my mistake. And then I need to make a fine-tune when I do a practice. In my mind and then fine-tune it.

Reporter: Any patterns over the course of the season? The home runs?

Hiro: パターン化してるってありますかホームランを許すときのピッチングっていうのは？

Translation: Is there a pattern to when you give up the homeruns?

Yoshinobu: うまく打たれたホームランもありますし自分が甘く投げて打たれたほうがありますし。ホームランは色々あると思います。

Translation: There are home runs where the hitter simply put a good swing on a good pitch, and there are others where I left a pitch over the plate and got punished for it. I think there are all kinds of home runs.

Hiro: So like I said, it depends on which home run you're talking about. And then some home runs I allowed that were a mistake. You know, mislocation and then some home runs, kind of you have to tip your hat to the hitters.