Sox fans: “Can we please sign Yamamoto, we really need pitching”
John Henry: “We have Yamamoto at home”
Yamamoto at home:
Small sample size but in 9.2 innings 15 hits, ERA 13.03, WHIP 2.379
Red Sox continue to throw slop against the wall and hope something sticks
“Oh boy, I hope we sign one of the several Japanese pitchers this winter!”
*Monkey’s paw curls a finger*
I hear Ohtani’s interpreter is available.
Shopping in the discount bin as usual.
Wow, I’ll say it again. We’re SO back!!!
So if I remember correctly this guy had major league offers but went to the Rays on a minor league deal because of their well established pitching track record. I mean, who knows. I would say if the Rays were interested in him a few months ago and aren’t now it’s not exactly encouraging, but whatever
If the red Sox took half the money they spent on dumpster diving they could’ve signed a Montgomery or something.
Hahaha they’re just fucking with us at this point
Who else is ready for Uwasawamania?!
“What are we going to do with this bag of balls left over from spring training?”
Guaranteed he’ll be in a high leverage situation by April 7th
That’s a weird way to spell Jordan Montgomery
uwu
I always said: “Give me Yamamoto OR Uwasawa and I’m a happy camper.”
> Not the worst signing for Boston imo. He’s cheap and will eat innings. One of those workhorse types that is willing to go deep or adjust rotation to help out the team. Doesn’t K much compared to the typical star NPB export, and doesn’t have that much velo, but his arm doesn’t die 5 innings in. If he stays fit, he could eat 150+ innings for them.
> Heater is ok mind you. Not much heat but lots of spin. Used to be a velo pitcher that didn’t last long, but sort of switched to not maxing speed to go deeper and relying more on pitch variety.
Oh look, another right hander.
Let’s see…do I trust Tampas ability to identify pitching talent or Boston’s?
Much prefer decent upside talent from Japan over the corpse of Chase Anderson
start up the duck boats
I think Uwasawa is a good pickup with this pitching staff. He did well in Japan. I just don’t think he meshed with Tampa well.
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His stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=uwasaw000nao
Sox fans: “Can we please sign Yamamoto, we really need pitching”
John Henry: “We have Yamamoto at home”
Yamamoto at home:
Small sample size but in 9.2 innings 15 hits, ERA 13.03, WHIP 2.379
Red Sox continue to throw slop against the wall and hope something sticks
“Oh boy, I hope we sign one of the several Japanese pitchers this winter!”
*Monkey’s paw curls a finger*
I hear Ohtani’s interpreter is available.
Shopping in the discount bin as usual.
Wow, I’ll say it again. We’re SO back!!!
So if I remember correctly this guy had major league offers but went to the Rays on a minor league deal because of their well established pitching track record. I mean, who knows. I would say if the Rays were interested in him a few months ago and aren’t now it’s not exactly encouraging, but whatever
If the red Sox took half the money they spent on dumpster diving they could’ve signed a Montgomery or something.
Hahaha they’re just fucking with us at this point
Who else is ready for Uwasawamania?!
“What are we going to do with this bag of balls left over from spring training?”
Guaranteed he’ll be in a high leverage situation by April 7th
That’s a weird way to spell Jordan Montgomery
uwu
I always said: “Give me Yamamoto OR Uwasawa and I’m a happy camper.”
From u/Koronesukiii in the r/baseball thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1bpc37m/comment/kwusvhf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
> Not the worst signing for Boston imo. He’s cheap and will eat innings. One of those workhorse types that is willing to go deep or adjust rotation to help out the team. Doesn’t K much compared to the typical star NPB export, and doesn’t have that much velo, but his arm doesn’t die 5 innings in. If he stays fit, he could eat 150+ innings for them.
> Heater is ok mind you. Not much heat but lots of spin. Used to be a velo pitcher that didn’t last long, but sort of switched to not maxing speed to go deeper and relying more on pitch variety.
Oh look, another right hander.
Let’s see…do I trust Tampas ability to identify pitching talent or Boston’s?
Much prefer decent upside talent from Japan over the corpse of Chase Anderson
start up the duck boats
I think Uwasawa is a good pickup with this pitching staff. He did well in Japan. I just don’t think he meshed with Tampa well.
https://www.justbaseball.com/mlb/breaking-down-the-arsenal-of-free-agent-naoyuki-uwasawa/
Never trade with Tampa Bay. You’ve already lost
Well, everyone wanted a Japanese pitcher… 🙄
If he couldn’t succeed in Tampa’s system he sure as well won’t here i’m afraid
Me: Mom can we have Yamamoto ?
Mom: We have Yamamoto at home.