Havok1517 wrote:4 man rotations are more common than 3 man and I believe Nippon uses a 4 man presently. But Matsuzaka had a ton more pitches on his arm at 20 than Darvish. Matsuzaka's arm as a 17 year old likely saw more pitches than most major leaguers. But if we were to name top pitching prospects world wide, I think I'd have Darvish right behind Bailey & Hughes.
I stand corrected. I would hesitate to make direct durability comparisons between Matsuzaka and Darvish, as Matsuzaka is already safely on the other side of of his early twenties (when pitchers see an increase in injury risk).
Excellent. Another high-profile, Japanese pitcher.
We're going to need $70M-$80M for the right to wash his undies, and a snappy nickname comprised of either his first initial and some variation of his last name or a famous Japanese cultural film icon.
JTWood wrote:Excellent. Another high-profile, Japanese pitcher.
We're going to need $70M-$80M for the right to wash his undies, and a snappy nickname comprised of either his first initial and some variation of his last name or a famous Japanese cultural film icon.
JTWood wrote:Excellent. Another high-profile, Japanese pitcher.
We're going to need $70M-$80M for the right to wash his undies, and a snappy nickname comprised of either his first initial and some variation of his last name or a famous Japanese cultural film icon.
Someone call Boras.
The Hurling Darvish
Ohh... Nice try, but I'm sorry. The Hurling Darvish is both too clever (no first initial) and a Turkish cultural reference. We need something more like U-Mothra or Y-Sushi before he'll be accepted in the MLB.
JTWood wrote:Excellent. Another high-profile, Japanese pitcher.
We're going to need $70M-$80M for the right to wash his undies, and a snappy nickname comprised of either his first initial and some variation of his last name or a famous Japanese cultural film icon.
Someone call Boras.
I think as more players head over this way, their translated performance will be easier to predict. But yeah, the current system is severely flawed. It's like a meat market.
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fatnub2339 wrote:He says that at the end of the second video. When asked how many years it'll be before going to the majors, he states that the majors has never been of interest to him, and that he has always admired the Japanese league the most, and that he'll probably never come over to the majors
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I'd like to see a velocity reading on his fastballs, they don't look all that special at the moment. Dice-K almost certainly throws harder and has roughly equal breaking stuff.
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