The San Francisco Giants are showing high interest in Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who is attempting to challenge for the Major League. San Francisco President Farhan Zaidi spoke directly. 먹튀검증
Japan's Full Count reported on the 9th (Korean time), "Yamamoto's only drawback was evaluated as 'no problem.'"
Yamamoto has now established himself as the best pitcher in Japanese professional baseball. Yamamoto, who played as a bullpen pitcher when he first joined the team, became a starting pitcher starting in the 2019 season. And his potential exploded in the 2021 season. He played 193⅔ innings in 26 games, striking out 206, going 18 wins, 6 losses, and an ERA of 1.39. As a result, he won four Pacific League pitcher awards (multiple wins, winning percentage, strikeouts, earned run average), regular season MVP, and even the 'Sawamura Award', which is given only to the best pitcher. It was truly the best year.
Yamamoto's upward trend continued. In the 2022 season, he played in 26 games, 193 innings, 15 wins, 5 losses, and an average ERA of 1.68, achieving the record of becoming the 'first' in Japanese professional baseball history to win 4 awards for 2 consecutive years and win the MVP + Sawamura Award.
And this year, he pitched 164 innings in 23 games, recording 16 wins, 6 losses, and an average ERA of 1.21. He has been confirmed to win four pitcher awards and the Sawamura Award for three consecutive years, and is also likely to win the MVP award.
He plans to take on the major league challenge soon through the posting system. Local interest in the U.S. is also strong. It is highly likely that all 30 clubs will participate in the battle to recruit Yamamoto.
Meanwhile, President Zaidi opened his mouth. He attended a general manager's meeting in Arizona, USA, and was asked a question about Yamamoto.
Yamamoto is of course the best player, but he has one drawback. It's just short stature. Yamamoto's height is 178cm. According to reports, some American media outlets are voicing concerns about Yamamoto's short stature.
But it was not President Zaidi. He said, "I don't care. If it's a good pitcher, there's no problem. There are cases in the United States where pitchers under 6 feet tall have had great careers," and "Pitchers under 6 feet often have excellent athleticism." “He can move flexibly and has excellent defensive skills. I don’t think height matters much,” he said emphatically.
Full Count pointed out, “San Francisco has Tim Lincecum, who is 180cm tall and won two Cy Young Awards. That’s why San Francisco doesn’t seem to care much about his short height.”
One of the things President Zaidi values highly when looking at pitchers is a variety of pitches.
He said, "The reason why pitchers from Japan are performing well is because they are good players and talented. I won't mention names, but they have a variety of pitches. In particular, splits are used as a big weapon in Japan, but in North America and Latin America. "You can't use it as often and effectively as you do in Japan. Split is one of the hardest pitches to hit in baseball," he explained.
These answers can also be linked to Yamamoto. This is because he also uses a variety of breaking balls such as frets and curves.
President Zaidi did not say anything, saying, "We want good players. My answer ends here," but it seems clear that there is interest in Yamamoto, who has a variety of pitches.
