Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto has come so far in his sophomore MLB season, and is already a contender for the Cy Young award this year.

On Monday, the Dodgers placed Tyler Glasnow on the injured list with a shoulder problem and he joined Snell, Tony Gonsolin, Clayton Kershaw, Emmet Sheehan, Gavin Stone and River Ryan on the team’s list of injured starters.

Beyond the work put in, Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s transformation this season for the Dodgers has, in the view of many around the team, also come down to a few simple things.