I'm Dominican and almost 50 years old man, who is only is interested in two sports, Baseball and horse races, and i got to say that i am really impressed about the Japanese baseball, they show not only talent but knowledge, this is one of the best team I've ever seen in my whole life, i couldn't take off my eyes from Murakami, that guy has a outstanding swing, the guy really knows what he is doing. 20 million dollars to get him to the States is a bargain.
You should also follow the Japanese horse racing scene then. Make sure to check out the 2023 Dubai World Cup on 25 March. 15 horses from Japan are participating.
Ohtani sold me baseball two years ago. I've finally learned the basics of baseball after all these years! Now I'm learning about minor league players and NPB players. Such a fun sport
I love R. Sasaki's personality and talent. I expect to watch his playing in Mlb soon but I undsd 2 or 3 yrs to be waited. Untill then I need to find any Npb news on the internet.
Sasaki's first start in the WBC was on March 11, the 12th anniversary of the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, in which both Sasaki's father and grandparents lost their lives.
Interestingly, only Koreans were happy about the deaths of the earthquake victims, including his family. They held up banners celebrating the Great East Japan Earthquake during their football match against Japan. At least Koreans must have been happy about the death of Sasaki's family.
God bless all lost souls God bless Japan n it's people for surviving the tragic tsunami earthquake monsters with such a discipline and the positive spirit. ❤❤
As a baseball fan, it was really cool to be able to see some of Japan's top talent. They've always had incredible discipline and finesse, but now they have serious power pitchers and sluggers. They will get better and I predict more American players will play in the future, meaning this rivalry should produce more incredible drama.
@@ciello___8307 We could not match up with the big boys without small ball even with Matsui. That clearly changed in this tournament. And that is huge.
Can’t wait to see these two in MLB. People think of baseball as the old white guy sport but the reality is the best league in the world is incredibly diverse. Filled with talent from the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, DR, PR, Venezuela, Cuba, Korea, Curaçao etc, it’s among the most diverse sporting leagues on planet earth.
The rule that foreign players under 25 yrs old can only get rookie contracts should be eliminated Making players like them wait until they are 25 y’all want to see roki and murakami right away,right?
japan’s professional league the NPB made that rule in collaboration with the MLB. japan didn’t want the US poaching all their stars away right after high school or a few years after it, and the MLBPA didn’t want japanese players making tens of millions of dollars right away while they were still struggling to make and stay in the majors, making league minimum before going through arbitration. imagine a 21-yo japanese player making 100M with the ability to choose his own team while a 21-yo american player is still stuck in the minor leagues of the team he was drafted by, hoping to get called up and make league minimum for 3 years, then arbitration for the next 3 … with no say if he was traded and making less money than his japanese counterpart and then FINALLY reaching free agency at around 29 or 30.
Roki Sasaki, He lost his father and grandparents at March 11, 2011, when great earthquake and tidal wave attacked Japan. And He pitched the day March 11, 2023, vs Czech Republic, He overcame the past, with hope.
Last year’s young triple crown winner Murakami has a bright future ahead of him. However, even he was shocked when he saw Shohei Ohtani hitting the upper deck one after another during batting practice after joining WBC, and said “I couldn’t say anything” .
With 162 already Tuff to bring in something like Champions League. And also i wouldnt Do IT in WS. I think something like Champions league would be more realistic But how i said. Its already so many games
Not even huge payday. The average MLB player earns just over $4 million a year. Masahiro Tanaka is the highest paid player in Japan and only makes $6.9 million a year, which is only the 221st highest salary in MLB. Even if the huge contracts arent quite there, I'm sure the top players will easily be pulling $20 million or more a year - and probably a lot more.
Just out of interest, when Sasaki threw a perfect game for the Lotte Marines last year (with an 18-year-old catcher!) he struck out 13 consecutive batters! And that included the Red Sox's Yoshida, so the opposition was not weak. Regarding Murakami, he's bigger, stronger and hits the ball further than Hideki Matsui did at that that age. His 56 HRs last season came in 141 games, which works out to 65 over a 162 game season. Not saying he's going to turn up in the Majors and hits 65 HRs a season, but I have no doubt that he will be able to post some serious numbers. Just hope he doesn't go to the Angels.
the craziest part is sasaki isn't even the best pitcher in japan under 25 years old... The best is yoshinobu yamamoto who came in for relief after sasaki against mexico Yamamoto over the past 2 seasons has had a 1.39 ERA and a 1.60 ERA with 193 innings in both seasons. Back to back MVP, Sawamura (NPB cy young award), and triple crown finishes. This season he will be going for the 3-peat which would be the first time in history, and he is currently 24 years old. Odds are he will win all 3 again then he will be 25 and will go to the MLB and probably get a max contract. I kinda hope he goes to the angels just so we can see him and ohtani on the same team, or he just signs to wherever ohtani might go. Tbh we just need 1 team to sign all of this japanese talent somehow lmao. Imagine a team with murakami, ohtani, sasaki, and yamamoto? The bank is broken but so are the other teams lmao
@@shin29534 oh he 100% has more potential than yamamoto. But atm yamamoto is still a bit better, I wish we could've seen yamamoto start again USA instead of having to come in for relief against mexico
Sasaki and Murakami should be in the bigs in 3-4 years. But just like Masataka Yoshida made his statement in the WBC by leading the tournament in RBIs, there will be few more solid Japanese players making their way (I could think of Yamamoto, Okamoto, Kondoh, Shuto making on the MLB roster).
Given the results of the WBC and the fact that that they are talking about how good the Japanese players are, I would say the NPB is just as tough as the MLB
Not really when all the US pitchers were 35+ years old even the Japanese know that. Your lost and crazy in the head to be honest to even say that cuz everyone knows the US will never ever send their best pitchers to the WBC those owners didn’t even want to send any good position players until this year
Murakami is special but he was underwhelming at the start of wbc until he redeemed himself during the semi and final. Needs more confidence and will be great.
Japanese baseball players are so disciplined. It shows from little league to the big leagues. I live on Guam and Japan is 4 hours flight time. They hold Spring training camps here likewise for Korean baseball.
The Latin countries players all want to play in MLB ...🇯🇵.Japan has their own League -NPB & It's the 2nd Best League in the World ..All the players make Good Money & Have loyal Followings
Time to make an expansion team in Hawaii and sign all these U25 Japanese players and while I'm at get nootbar through free agency. Cause the young Japanese proved they can go against the best mlb hitters especially in that final. They just embody baseball really well. Aggressive base running, bunt, hustling every play, setup scoring chances at all costs, etc.
in one of the post game interviews, he mentioned how he is inspired by Ohtani and wants to do what he's doing and try to do better, obviously not pitching but he wants to be able to have a similar effect on baseball like him, he's already considered a "baseball god" in Japan courtesy of his name, and I think after he finishes his 3 season contract with the swallows he'll be 25/26 and open to playing for the highest bidder in the MLB, I feel like some of the Japanese talents have the perfect strategy thanks to the amount of eyes Ohtani has brought to Japanese baseball, where they play in the NPB work hard at developing getting all the fundamentals worked on with years of experience at the professional level, then make the jump to the MLB where they're already on par if not better than most of the talent in the MLB currently there only difference is the discipline is better. Yoshida has already started pre season with the Red Sox and I'm sure Murakami will come once his contract with the Swallows ends, though I'm not sure what Sasaki will do, from the outside looking in he seems to be more quiet and I'm not sure whether he would want to leave Japan for the bright lights of American baseball, but i could be misreading it and maybe he'll be jumping at the opportunity to become a star in the US.
Dear Americans, coincidentally Dodgers' Otani Blue Jays Kikuchi and sasaki All three are from Iwate Prefecture. Iwate is a prefecture in the north of Japan, and is a region with many serious people.
@@samuelsandate9804 I'm legit asking why is the Angels' location a good one and you're here assuming I'm crying when I don't really root for a team in MLB lol
Who are y'all trying to kid?!?! Both of these dudes will be sprinting to the MLB as soon as they can!!!! Both will sign big money deals and Maurukami will be a successful hitter but Sasaki needs work or he'll get rocked. He's got plenty of tools but he needs to land with a team known for strong pitching development, like Atlanta or the dodgers
From a Phillies fan Sasaki's probably going to the Dodgers as well in the near future There's a reason why so many asian players went to the Dodgers Nomo, Ryu, Darvish, Maeda, Ohtani, Kuo, Yamamoto, Park, and more Los Angeles has more asian population, bigger market, warmer climate, closer to home, and Dodgers decade long investment in the asian countries Shohei and Yamamoto were two of the most dominant NPB players that Sasaki looks up to And it'd much easier for Sasaki to settle and get confortable with fellow japanese as teammates Ohtani+Yamamoto+Sasaki would be a gold mine for the dodgers to attract oversea japanese fans(maybe even South Korean and Taiwanese fans also)
Jim Abbot should be in The HOF just for making MLB alone But it was No Gimmick He played 10 years in MLB Pitched A No/No Finished 3rd in Cy Young Voting & should be in The HOF , imo He should be put up & spoke of more for kids with disabilities to have Him to look up to and to see that they can still play The Game ⚾️
I wonder if the japanese league/owners would consider posting their players even earlier (those younger than 24) or three years before current posting age thresholds, if there was an additional $20-$25 million required on top of the current posting fees? For certain prospects, i think some owners would cough it up.
They would 😂 both sides ( I meant the owners ) . But both leagues don't agree on that . For Japan they don't want America stealing their best players just out of high school . For America they don't want early 20 boys getting paid 20million per year while their 20s boys are still getting rookie pay 😅 till 25
Pitcher Roki Sasaki seems to be worried about living abroad, including the United States, because there are too many foods he is not good at. Any MLB team that acquires him may need to hire his own cook.
How does China not make a competitive team in all major sports with a population of 1B and money in their hands to fund sport camps? Generally confused and asking.
@@mikecheung227 But for Japan to be this dominant with just a fraction of a population of China? Cant just be influence, because Japan also excels in volleyball, boxing, mma, golf, and football/soccer.
@@davidlee9411 because they had actual interest in the sport. Thus my point of American influence in Japan post WWII. How would China have great baseball players when no one cares about the sport there? If China showed interest in these main sports which Japan has they would excel too.
@@davidlee9411 your point of population size and players doesn’t make sense. Look at all the Latin American teams and their country size. We all know they are a Mecca for great players. Those countries baseball is their main sport, they live and breathe it. Same as Hawaiians and American football. China just doesn’t have any interest
@@mikecheung227 Baseball was already famous in japan before the war, the Hanshin Stadium in Osaka was build in 1924 and in 1934 an all star MLB team went to a tour game in Japan where Babe Ruth become a legend among the Japanese
In Japan, someone says that If a low-quality official major league ball will always cause an injury and require Tommy John surgery, then Roki Sasaki should have Tommy John surgery before moving to the major leagues.
The difference on the ball is miniscule. If you put npb ball and mlb ball side by side, you won't see a difference. Parks are symmetrical, all the same. Think Yankee stadium. 400 feet straight center. Foul territory is bigger in NPB, so there's a lot of space. It really doesn't matter because these guys hit the ball upper deck, which is like 445 feet. Murakami hit the ball in the upper deck in Miami. It was an easy 430 feet.
Why do all the best baseball players in Japan want to come to the US and MLB? Money (pride too, but money). Masahiro Tanaka is the highest paid pitcher and earns around $6.9 million a year. 3rd baseman Yuni Yanagita is the highest paid position player and makes $5.5 million. By comparison the average salary in MLB is just over $4 million a year; Tanaka would only be the 221st highest paid player in MLB.
Sorry, you know nothing about Japanese. Japanese is not about money. It's how they feel comfortable living. Their country is the safest, cleanest, healthiest place to live on earth by far than any other country in the world. If they move out of their country, they try to find a place where it is close to it. That's why Ohtani chose the west coast teams. They are also the top economic country in the world. Money isn't their problem. It's not like Dominca or Brazil trying to become MLB players or Soccer players to earn huge money for their family.
Next WBC USA needs to put a dream team together. We didnt even have any of our top pitchers. If the best American pitchers would've played we woulve won easily.
Rob Manfred is killing the MLB. Absurd contracts, losing tv contracts and clubs wont be able to afford players. Failure to keep current with younger generations not letting local networks watch games on phones and ipads. Its a disgrace how out of touch Manfred is.
Yew but there's still skepticism about asian players here. Hitter? "Our" pitchers will neutralize him, he'll hit 250 and be done for. Pitcher? "Our" muscular guys will pound his pitches to the upper deck
I'm Dominican and almost 50 years old man, who is only is interested in two sports, Baseball and horse races, and i got to say that i am really impressed about the Japanese baseball, they show not only talent but knowledge, this is one of the best team I've ever seen in my whole life, i couldn't take off my eyes from Murakami, that guy has a outstanding swing, the guy really knows what he is doing. 20 million dollars to get him to the States is a bargain.
You should also follow the Japanese horse racing scene then. Make sure to check out the 2023 Dubai World Cup on 25 March. 15 horses from Japan are participating.
@@tommasi I actually do, but I’m not that interested in Japanese horse racing though, they have done pretty well both in Saudi cup and Dubai.
hopefully Ohtani visits DR!!
@@antonioduverge3558 Deep Impact! yeah, they did well this time in Dubai. And yes, Japanese baseball cannot be underestimated. They are very good.
You can enjoy both baseball and horse races if you watch Shohei Ohtani playnig in a ball park because he is a prince on a running white horse.
ive never been interested in baseball. But ohtani made me watch WBC and also i'll be watching him on MLB for sure. Roki Sasaki is a monster pitcher
If only the angels were a competent organization
The fact the kid nearly threw back to back perfect games - sold me on sasaki.
Ohtani sold me baseball two years ago. I've finally learned the basics of baseball after all these years! Now I'm learning about minor league players and NPB players. Such a fun sport
Yeah me too, I am outside from North America and its my first time seeing a baseball match.
@@undertaker_ripper where are you from?
I love R. Sasaki's personality and talent. I expect to watch his playing in Mlb soon but I undsd 2 or 3 yrs to be waited. Untill then I need to find any Npb news on the internet.
I usually never watched regular season baseball but I'm kinda locked in rn because of WBC i aint gon lie.
Oh yeah. I’m watching some baseball this year
Murakami's swing is so beautiful.
Sasaki's first start in the WBC was on March 11, the 12th anniversary of the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, in which both Sasaki's father and grandparents lost their lives.
Interestingly, only Koreans were happy about the deaths of the earthquake victims, including his family. They held up banners celebrating the Great East Japan Earthquake during their football match against Japan. At least Koreans must have been happy about the death of Sasaki's family.
God bless all lost souls God bless Japan n it's people for surviving the tragic tsunami earthquake monsters with such a discipline and the positive spirit. ❤❤
God bless Roki Sasaki, always. ❤❤
As a baseball fan, it was really cool to be able to see some of Japan's top talent. They've always had incredible discipline and finesse, but now they have serious power pitchers and sluggers. They will get better and I predict more American players will play in the future, meaning this rivalry should produce more incredible drama.
they've had sluggers before too. Look at hideki matsui
@@ciello___8307 We could not match up with the big boys without small ball even with Matsui. That clearly changed in this tournament. And that is huge.
to be fair, matsui never played in the WBC. he was injured both times in his prime@@wilburwood8261
Wow, these young players Japan has are incredible!
最近フィジカルも良くなってますからね
佐々木 192cm
村上 188cm
Sasaki really a beast just 21 and a great performance
Can’t wait to see these two in MLB. People think of baseball as the old white guy sport but the reality is the best league in the world is incredibly diverse. Filled with talent from the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, DR, PR, Venezuela, Cuba, Korea, Curaçao etc, it’s among the most diverse sporting leagues on planet earth.
The rule that foreign players under 25 yrs old can only get rookie contracts should be eliminated
Making players like them wait until they are 25
y’all want to see roki and murakami right away,right?
japan’s professional league the NPB made that rule in collaboration with the MLB. japan didn’t want the US poaching all their stars away right after high school or a few years after it, and the MLBPA didn’t want japanese players making tens of millions of dollars right away while they were still struggling to make and stay in the majors, making league minimum before going through arbitration. imagine a 21-yo japanese player making 100M with the ability to choose his own team while a 21-yo american player is still stuck in the minor leagues of the team he was drafted by, hoping to get called up and make league minimum for 3 years, then arbitration for the next 3 … with no say if he was traded and making less money than his japanese counterpart and then FINALLY reaching free agency at around 29 or 30.
It'll affect the NPB. The league will suffer because of MLB poaching talents off Japan.
日本人の自分としては、朗希はもう少しNPBで見たいし、投球技術を磨き身体も強くなってからMLBに移籍して欲しいと思う
Why would the NPB do that? They want their guys to stay in Japan for at least a few seasons
Roki Sasaki, He lost his father and grandparents at March 11, 2011, when great earthquake and tidal wave attacked Japan.
And He pitched the day March 11, 2023, vs Czech Republic,
He overcame the past, with hope.
Future Detroit Tiger
海外のニュースが日本選手の特集組んでくれるの嬉しい
Last year’s young triple crown winner Murakami has a bright future ahead of him.
However, even he was shocked when he saw Shohei Ohtani hitting the upper deck one after another during batting practice after joining WBC, and said “I couldn’t say anything” .
Not only that he added, “Don’t compare me to that! I’m a human.”😂😂😂
MLB needs to include NPB in WS. Simple as. It would be huge like how UEFA is in Europe
Great idea!
Apparently! Smh
its actually a very intriguing idea
Nah son, i diaagree
With 162 already Tuff to bring in something like Champions League. And also i wouldnt Do IT in WS. I think something like Champions league would be more realistic But how i said. Its already so many games
Sasaki throwing 102+ mph fastballs and 92mph sliders like nothing.
crazy huh?
主流はストレートとフォークで、スライダーはまだ完璧では無くダルビッシュからアドバイスを受けていました
Japan is loaded with young talent. These young men better make it over here before thier payday dries up.
Not even huge payday. The average MLB player earns just over $4 million a year. Masahiro Tanaka is the highest paid player in Japan and only makes $6.9 million a year, which is only the 221st highest salary in MLB. Even if the huge contracts arent quite there, I'm sure the top players will easily be pulling $20 million or more a year - and probably a lot more.
@@jamesrawlins735 so you agree?
@@Underpantsniper yeay
Can't wait for these to post to the MLB
Murakami will be another heat when he arrives in MLB.
メキシコ戦は、佐々木朗希が世界にバレた日。
Just out of interest, when Sasaki threw a perfect game for the Lotte Marines last year (with an 18-year-old catcher!) he struck out 13 consecutive batters! And that included the Red Sox's Yoshida, so the opposition was not weak. Regarding Murakami, he's bigger, stronger and hits the ball further than Hideki Matsui did at that that age. His 56 HRs last season came in 141 games, which works out to 65 over a 162 game season. Not saying he's going to turn up in the Majors and hits 65 HRs a season, but I have no doubt that he will be able to post some serious numbers. Just hope he doesn't go to the Angels.
😂😂😂 Angels just can't get anything huh ? The owners I meant .
the craziest part is sasaki isn't even the best pitcher in japan under 25 years old... The best is yoshinobu yamamoto who came in for relief after sasaki against mexico
Yamamoto over the past 2 seasons has had a 1.39 ERA and a 1.60 ERA with 193 innings in both seasons. Back to back MVP, Sawamura (NPB cy young award), and triple crown finishes. This season he will be going for the 3-peat which would be the first time in history, and he is currently 24 years old. Odds are he will win all 3 again then he will be 25 and will go to the MLB and probably get a max contract. I kinda hope he goes to the angels just so we can see him and ohtani on the same team, or he just signs to wherever ohtani might go.
Tbh we just need 1 team to sign all of this japanese talent somehow lmao. Imagine a team with murakami, ohtani, sasaki, and yamamoto? The bank is broken but so are the other teams lmao
Sasaki is younger tho and has possibly better potential than yamamoto tho. Hope they play in the mlb
@@shin29534 oh he 100% has more potential than yamamoto. But atm yamamoto is still a bit better, I wish we could've seen yamamoto start again USA instead of having to come in for relief against mexico
And the Angels will still end the season with a losing record 😂
@@masaguchi46 facts lmao. Its so sad they cant make the playoffs
Yamamoto is going to be posted after the 2023 season
Sasaki and Murakami should be in the bigs in 3-4 years. But just like Masataka Yoshida made his statement in the WBC by leading the tournament in RBIs, there will be few more solid Japanese players making their way (I could think of Yamamoto, Okamoto, Kondoh, Shuto making on the MLB roster).
周東は草
If Shuto went to MLB, he will hit 0 HR-10 RBIs and .105 with 20 SB.
Is that MLB caliber?
周東はバッターとしてはまだまだで脚を使った攻撃力だけです
おそらく、岡本や近藤はMLBに進出しないと思います
来年に山本由伸が進出、健康なままなら数年後に村上や佐々木が進出するだろう
Given the results of the WBC and the fact that that they are talking about how good the Japanese players are, I would say the NPB is just as tough as the MLB
Pete rose said the NPB is like high triple A
Not really when all the US pitchers were 35+ years old even the Japanese know that. Your lost and crazy in the head to be honest to even say that cuz everyone knows the US will never ever send their best pitchers to the WBC those owners didn’t even want to send any good position players until this year
@@caseyryan4002 AAAA
MLB champ vs japan champ single game World Series. Who’s coming with me?
Roki is vicious! Damn!
Roki Sasaki sounds a main characters name.
Murakami is special but he was underwhelming at the start of wbc until he redeemed himself during the semi and final. Needs more confidence and will be great.
He would be a bad defender in the MLB. So he really needs to continue to improve his hitting.
村上はシーズン序盤は成績が
そこまで高くなくて徐々に上がっていくタイプなので今回のWBCも苦しんでた
@@user-er7dm5zo6m シーズン終盤もひどかった
@@wilburwood8261 Future Tampa Bay Rays
at first I don't know anything about baseball. after I watched Sasaki Roki, I learned all about it so I can follow his matches
Talk about how brilliant Patrick Sandoval pitched
数年後は大谷vs朗希が見られると思うと楽しみ
日米野球の時は有り得ますね😄
Japanese baseball players are so disciplined. It shows from little league to the big leagues. I live on Guam and Japan is 4 hours flight time. They hold Spring training camps here likewise for Korean baseball.
I'm surprised there is not enough japanese players in MLB
They need to get posted or wait for FA. NPB doesn’t want to lose their top talents either.
Japanese league is more appealing. In Japan, baseball is the number 1 sport.
The Latin countries players all want to play in MLB ...🇯🇵.Japan has their own League -NPB & It's the 2nd Best League in the World ..All the players make Good Money & Have loyal Followings
Time to make an expansion team in Hawaii and sign all these U25 Japanese players and while I'm at get nootbar through free agency. Cause the young Japanese proved they can go against the best mlb hitters especially in that final. They just embody baseball really well. Aggressive base running, bunt, hustling every play, setup scoring chances at all costs, etc.
The problem is they faced trash pitchers so if their really good is still up for debate when the US were using 35+ years old pitchers
@@AaronCaldwell. Holding down an all star with perennial mvps mixed in batting lineup with mostly young pitchers
WATCH OUT THESE KIDS. THEY COME TO MLB🎉
in one of the post game interviews, he mentioned how he is inspired by Ohtani and wants to do what he's doing and try to do better, obviously not pitching but he wants to be able to have a similar effect on baseball like him, he's already considered a "baseball god" in Japan courtesy of his name, and I think after he finishes his 3 season contract with the swallows he'll be 25/26 and open to playing for the highest bidder in the MLB, I feel like some of the Japanese talents have the perfect strategy thanks to the amount of eyes Ohtani has brought to Japanese baseball, where they play in the NPB work hard at developing getting all the fundamentals worked on with years of experience at the professional level, then make the jump to the MLB where they're already on par if not better than most of the talent in the MLB currently there only difference is the discipline is better. Yoshida has already started pre season with the Red Sox and I'm sure Murakami will come once his contract with the Swallows ends, though I'm not sure what Sasaki will do, from the outside looking in he seems to be more quiet and I'm not sure whether he would want to leave Japan for the bright lights of American baseball, but i could be misreading it and maybe he'll be jumping at the opportunity to become a star in the US.
Baseball >>>>>>>>>> All Sports
Dear Americans, coincidentally
Dodgers' Otani
Blue Jays Kikuchi
and sasaki
All three are from Iwate Prefecture. Iwate is a prefecture in the north of Japan, and is a region with many serious people.
Sasaki is siccc🔥
Wrong. Murakami’s batting average was not 3rd but 1st last season, making him the youngest triple crown in NPB at the age of 22.
@Bread And Circuses .318
@@genroku7 and he had a june of 14 HR, 35 RBI and .410 average
I think they're saying third NPB-wise as he was third if you count it that way. Which is what they did, I guess.
Sasaki's 92-mph pitches look like off-speed stuff---compared to his 102-mph heater.
Yes! A pitch that is 10mph slower than your fastball would be considered “off speed”?😉
目をつけられてしまったか…
今話題の選手で言うと山下舜平太(20)もMAX 98 MPHだから近いうちに100 MPHいきそう
He's gonna be a stud.
Wow! A lot of Japanese talent
these japanese kids coming to mlb are studs
2:29 that 4-seamer....Lord have mercy!! 😮
朗希はまだ身体が出来上がってないので、全出力で投げていません
3年後がどうなっているのかワクワクします
lets hope they won't waste their primes signing with the Angels
That's the players decision not yours. Some guys care about the location, so I wouldn't rule anything.
@@samuelsandate9804 genuinely curious as to why Angels' location is a good one?
@@jahmun Cry harder 😭😭😭. Need some tissue? Cry louder than harder.
@@samuelsandate9804 I'm legit asking why is the Angels' location a good one and you're here assuming I'm crying when I don't really root for a team in MLB lol
@@jahmun Cry more and more. 😭😭
Orioles need him but we too cheap
The heartbreaking part is they’re paying literally no one right now, and they could totally sign a big name. But we know better 😞
Pirates need him but we suck
👼Loki sasaki 👼
Cool name
Yankees need to grab Sasaki, idc how much he costs.
One will be a future Yankee
needs a two-seam. he is vulnerable when he's behind the count; that is why.
I am so looking forward to seeing Roki Sasaki play in the Major League. Before I get too old...😂
Sasaki lowkey is Roki super hot
they keep swinging like a ball over the slider
Yamamoto, ACE stuff, no joking
Who are y'all trying to kid?!?! Both of these dudes will be sprinting to the MLB as soon as they can!!!! Both will sign big money deals and Maurukami will be a successful hitter but Sasaki needs work or he'll get rocked. He's got plenty of tools but he needs to land with a team known for strong pitching development, like Atlanta or the dodgers
Roki Sasaki please join the Giants.
From a Phillies fan
Sasaki's probably going to the Dodgers as well in the near future
There's a reason why so many asian players went to the Dodgers
Nomo, Ryu, Darvish, Maeda, Ohtani, Kuo, Yamamoto, Park, and more
Los Angeles has more asian population, bigger market, warmer climate, closer to home, and Dodgers decade long investment in the asian countries
Shohei and Yamamoto were two of the most dominant NPB players that Sasaki looks up to
And it'd much easier for Sasaki to settle and get confortable with fellow japanese as teammates
Ohtani+Yamamoto+Sasaki would be a gold mine for the dodgers to attract oversea japanese fans(maybe even South Korean and Taiwanese fans also)
Darvish went to the Rangers, not LAD.
He was later traded though.
You found new JDM cars !
At least giving me 3-4 years heads up to save money for their high-end MLB RC. 😅
It's not Murataka, it's Munetaka. Please remember.
did he say murataka? i think he said plakata which is homerun in spanish
over 90mph slider.....wtf.
0:54 BLAKKADA
Plakata
1H SP Jim Abbot HOF Worthy❕
Yeah Murakami!!💪
In Japanese, “Kamisama” means god, so Murakami is called “Murakamisama”😊
Say that 3 times over 🤣🤣
it's sooo easy, just visualize those kanji, they are only THREE characters to say
1:32 Murakami had the highest batting average in NPB last year. This is incorrect.
NPBはセ・リーグとパ・リーグに別れていて、村上の打率はセ・リーグでは1位なんだけど、パ・リーグの選手も合わせると3位になります。
@@user-ye4sj6zn1w Thank you.
結果が全てです。いつからアメリカ人は言い訳をするようになったんだ？アメリカは35歳以上の投手しか選抜出来なかった戦略負け。
それを言い訳にするのは今回参加したアメリカ人投手達に失礼です。
@@user-wq6mb7xi1d 何も言い訳してないだろ。単に事実を言ってるだけだろ
Jim Abbot should be in The HOF
just for making MLB alone
But it was No Gimmick
He played 10 years in MLB
Pitched A No/No
Finished 3rd in Cy Young Voting
& should be in The HOF , imo
He should be put up & spoke of more for kids with disabilities to have Him to look up to and to see that they can still play The Game ⚾️
@@Pler1978 Real Talk
I will be entertained with NPB until Chiba Lotte Marines win a pennant race for few years. Until then, the MLB teams should save money for posting.
Munetaka will be the Yankees 3B 🙏
LAD would want Sasaki
Does the MLB allow Japanese High School or college players to enter the MLB draft?
If not, that would make for some more interesting MLB drafts.
I wonder if the japanese league/owners would consider posting their players even earlier (those younger than 24) or three years before current posting age thresholds, if there was an additional $20-$25 million required on top of the current posting fees? For certain prospects, i think some owners would cough it up.
They would 😂 both sides ( I meant the owners ) . But both leagues don't agree on that .
For Japan they don't want America stealing their best players just out of high school .
For America they don't want early 20 boys getting paid 20million per year while their 20s boys are still getting rookie pay 😅 till 25
Angels bought Ohtani for $20M so.....
NPB Is the Same as MLB All teams want to win Championships ...NPB Is NOT A farm System for MLB ...NPB Since 1934
hopefully my dodgers get these guys
Pitcher Roki Sasaki seems to be worried about living abroad, including the United States, because there are too many foods he is not good at.
Any MLB team that acquires him may need to hire his own cook.
山本の名前がなぜ挙がらない？😧
How does China not make a competitive team in all major sports with a population of 1B and money in their hands to fund sport camps? Generally confused and asking.
Because Japan post WWII had American baseball influence.
@@mikecheung227 But for Japan to be this dominant with just a fraction of a population of China? Cant just be influence, because Japan also excels in volleyball, boxing, mma, golf, and football/soccer.
@@davidlee9411 because they had actual interest in the sport. Thus my point of American influence in Japan post WWII. How would China have great baseball players when no one cares about the sport there? If China showed interest in these main sports which Japan has they would excel too.
@@davidlee9411 your point of population size and players doesn’t make sense. Look at all the Latin American teams and their country size. We all know they are a Mecca for great players. Those countries baseball is their main sport, they live and breathe it. Same as Hawaiians and American football. China just doesn’t have any interest
@@mikecheung227 Baseball was already famous in japan before the war, the Hanshin Stadium in Osaka was build in 1924 and in 1934 an all star MLB team went to a tour game in Japan where Babe Ruth become a legend among the Japanese
佐々木朗希と村上が メジャーに誘われている……
Wasn't a slider, his splitter gets gloveside run vs RH and armside run vs LH
佐々木には今すぐにでもメジャーに行って活躍して欲しいけどなんで25歳まで行けないんだろ？ 25歳ルールなんてなければいいのに メジャーの球団も今すぐに欲しいんじゃないの？
I wish he could come pitch for the Cardinals 🤩
25歳ルールあると、向こうでの記録競争でだいぶ不利だね。そんな中イチローはよくやったよ、ほんと。
日本の球団からしたらメリットないからルールで縛ってる
慎重に育てる方針で、一番活躍する時期にメジャー行かれると損しかないから理解はできるよ
25歳ルールは契約金が安くなるのとマイナー契約からのスタートであるだけで行けない事はないし、このルールのきっかけはアメリカの有望株がコストカットの為にマイナーで幽閉されてるのにNPBで活躍した人がポッと出て来て高額年俸とメジャー契約をもらうのはおかしいってところからだぞ
他国の選手がメジャーで出来るだけ活躍するのを防ぐためでしょ。
お金が絡んでいる。ビジネスだから。
Lol uh-oh 30something MLB teams are eyeing new foreign additions today😂😂😂
In Japan, someone says that If a low-quality official major league ball will always cause an injury and require Tommy John surgery, then Roki Sasaki should have Tommy John surgery before moving to the major leagues.
I read that the dimensions in Japanese stadiums are smaller and that the Ball is smaller than in MLB
The difference on the ball is miniscule. If you put npb ball and mlb ball side by side, you won't see a difference. Parks are symmetrical, all the same. Think Yankee stadium. 400 feet straight center. Foul territory is bigger in NPB, so there's a lot of space. It really doesn't matter because these guys hit the ball upper deck, which is like 445 feet. Murakami hit the ball in the upper deck in Miami. It was an easy 430 feet.
The only ballpark that's Smaller is Koshien Stadium ..built in 1924...
2:10 this Mexicans ⚰️⚰️☠️💀⚰️🧟♂️
Why do all the best baseball players in Japan want to come to the US and MLB? Money (pride too, but money). Masahiro Tanaka is the highest paid pitcher and earns around $6.9 million a year. 3rd baseman Yuni Yanagita is the highest paid position player and makes $5.5 million. By comparison the average salary in MLB is just over $4 million a year; Tanaka would only be the 221st highest paid player in MLB.
Sorry, you know nothing about Japanese. Japanese is not about money. It's how they feel comfortable living. Their country is the safest, cleanest, healthiest place to live on earth by far than any other country in the world. If they move out of their country, they try to find a place where it is close to it. That's why Ohtani chose the west coast teams.
They are also the top economic country in the world. Money isn't their problem. It's not like Dominca or Brazil trying to become MLB players or Soccer players to earn huge money for their family.
It's not the money. The best players all around are in the MLB. And, if you want to be the best, you play against the best. It is the ultimate honor.
Next WBC USA needs to put a dream team together. We didnt even have any of our top pitchers. If the best American pitchers would've played we woulve won easily.
簡単に勝てるって？
終わってからそんなことを言うなんて…負け犬の遠吠えやな。
負け惜しみはやめましょう
2点しか取れてないのに
We did not have our best players either, Senga, Seiya Suzuki, Kikuchi, Maeda, and many other NPB greats did not play.
Rob Manfred is killing the MLB. Absurd contracts, losing tv contracts and clubs wont be able to afford players. Failure to keep current with younger generations not letting local networks watch games on phones and ipads. Its a disgrace how out of touch Manfred is.
打率3位ちやうで。 知らんけど。
NPBで3位だから正しいよ。
Funny watching the salivation over these talented prospects. Bidding wars will be interesting
Yew but there's still skepticism about asian players here. Hitter? "Our" pitchers will neutralize him, he'll hit 250 and be done for. Pitcher? "Our" muscular guys will pound his pitches to the upper deck
@@SexyUndisputed2All I guess you never heard of Ohtani, Darvish, Ichiro or Nomo etc
His name means Godly. He must not lie and slander people like Brian does.
No it does not. His nickname got tied to a god.
@@wilburwood8261 Yes, it does! I would never say that if it was not true!
@@hopespringseternal2624 No it does not. His nickname got tied to a god.
@@wilburwood8261 His name means Godly. Have a great day!
@@wilburwood8261 His name means Godly.
日本人安いから
買ってください
日本人の給料はとても安い
They gonna be suck once they hit the big leagues!!!!
Why so negative bruhh
Just like Ohtani right?
They just beat the hell out of your so-called Big Leaguers 😅
Remember those clowns that said the same thing about ohtani? 😂
@@OneStepBehindd ahMerika is full of clowns I suppose?
佐々木も村上もメジャーで活躍できません。
You are also Jap.