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🚨 New Talking Yakyu Podcast
👉 Rintaro Sasaki’s looming decision between NPB and MLB, Roki Sasaki’s return to form, a look back at the Yuudai Yamamoto for Shuto Ogata trade, Rikuu Nishida’s big league call-up, and more!
Yakyu Cosmopolitan
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Yakyu Cosmopolitan
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🇯🇵⚾️ Covering Japanese baseball in English. Contributor, @JapanBall, @JustBB_Media, @WorldBaseball_. 日本の野球を英語でお届けしてます。
Joined December 2022
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto. 2019 Premier12 Champion 2021 Tokyo Olympics Gold Medalist 2022 Japan Series Champion 2023 World Baseball Classic Champion 2024 World Series Champion
- Trevor Bauer’s final line in his 2nd career NPB start 6.0 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 103 PI Coughed up 3 home runs
- Mic picked up on Ohtani “Shoulder.” “Really? Which one?” “Left.” “Did it pop out?” “I think so.”
- Trevor Bauer’s final line tonight 10.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 123 P No decision
- 50-year-old Ichiro’s pitching line tonight against a High School girls all-star team 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 116 P He topped out at 86 mph on the mound and recorded two hits at the plate
- One year ago today.
- Rintaro Sasaki gets the silent treatment after hitting his 1st homer on US soil 🤫
- Not a great night for Trevor Bauer 7.0 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 96 P, 4 Whiffs Both strikeouts were on Hiroto Saiki, the opposing pitcher
- Actually he hasn’t thrown a pitch in MLB so he’s not worth $325MYoshinobu Yamamoto’s achievements before his 26th birthday 🏆 4x ERA Title 4x Strikeout Title 3x MVP 3x Sawamura Award 3x Best 9 Award 3x Gold Glove Award 3x Pennant Winner 1x Japan Series Champion 1x WBC Champion 1x Premier12 Champion 1x Olympic Gold Medalist
- My NPB Pitcher Power Rankings as of August 7 8月7日時点での個人的なプロ野球投手ランキング
- Munetaka Murakami’s 1st homer of the spring 💥
- New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman and other MLB scouts/executives were in the house for Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s no-hitter tonight
