great show! Yuri was an amazing guest, please have him back. his comment about NPB starting pitchers playing just weekly, but often going 120-130 pitches and Sugano's ability to complete games (42 CG last yr) as a balance to that durability question. So very interesting, Yuri is a deep well of information for the English speaking audience. I'm going to add him to my regular listens too. just like Baltimore's change to develop the Latin American market finally. i hope that Sugano's signing is a precursor to the front office's deeper relationships and name recognition Japan too. be great to see some Orioles cap sales grow over there. (come'on Elias... shock us with a Roki signing too)
The Koji references made me smile and go review his stats to remind myself. He honestly had an ok stretch of starting his first year but was absolutely dominant on a different level entirely once he moved to relief. Tailed off once he hit his 40’s but was never awful in relief and from 35-40 he was beyond good.
Connor, thanks for this interesting out of the box interview hearing the perspectives of both Yuri and yourself. Will now follow Yuri's YT channel as well.
I think it was a good move by Elias, and Sugano will help the team. How much, we will see. His background is worth $13 million. Nice presentation, Connor.
MLB is so stuck on this mindset of nothing but hard throwers but I can imagine a world where that can be upended. High IQ pitcher with pinpoint control and plus breaking and off speed has a history of success. Never forget that Palmer and Mussina lived off of bad contact. Both carried career k per 9 at 5.0 and 7.1 respectively.
I can deduce from the stats that Sugano usually pitches from ahead in the count noting the meager 16 walks, however, I would have liked to hear some confirmation from Yuri. If you can change speeds and you have good command, once you get ahead in the count you should be in complete control in any league. Yuri also mentioned injuries that Sugano dealt with but no specifics. I am guessing some sort of arm soreness that just required rest and rehab or was it a back or leg issue? Either way I assume the O's looked into that before making the deal. Speaking of the deal, how does this compare to annual salaries in NPB? Is this a bargain or a windfall for Sugano? And finally, I would have liked to hear from Yuri about the differences in the strike zone in Japan compared to MLB. Is it similar or will there be an adjustment there as well. Good interview which definitely added something more to the topic then I got from some of the other Oriole outlets.
great show! Yuri was an amazing guest, please have him back. his comment about NPB starting pitchers playing just weekly, but often going 120-130 pitches and Sugano's ability to complete games (42 CG last yr) as a balance to that durability question. So very interesting, Yuri is a deep well of information for the English speaking audience.
I'm going to add him to my regular listens too. just like Baltimore's change to develop the Latin American market finally. i hope that Sugano's signing is a precursor to the front office's deeper relationships and name recognition Japan too. be great to see some Orioles cap sales grow over there.
(come'on Elias... shock us with a Roki signing too)
Great episode. Definitely following Yakyu Cosmopolitan now. Got me stoked to try and watch some NPB baseball this year!
The Koji references made me smile and go review his stats to remind myself. He honestly had an ok stretch of starting his first year but was absolutely dominant on a different level entirely once he moved to relief.
Tailed off once he hit his 40’s but was never awful in relief and from 35-40 he was beyond good.
This was phenomenal 🎉, well done!
Connor, thanks for this interesting out of the box interview hearing the perspectives of both Yuri and yourself. Will now follow Yuri's YT channel as well.
Great show Connor
I think it was a good move by Elias, and Sugano will help the team. How much, we will see. His background is worth $13 million. Nice presentation, Connor.
MLB is so stuck on this mindset of nothing but hard throwers but I can imagine a world where that can be upended. High IQ pitcher with pinpoint control and plus breaking and off speed has a history of success. Never forget that Palmer and Mussina lived off of bad contact. Both carried career k per 9 at 5.0 and 7.1 respectively.
I agree. Why the obsession with 98+mph pitchers? They don’t have a long shelf life.
I can deduce from the stats that Sugano usually pitches from ahead in the count noting the meager 16 walks, however, I would have liked to hear some confirmation from Yuri. If you can change speeds and you have good command, once you get ahead in the count you should be in complete control in any league. Yuri also mentioned injuries that Sugano dealt with but no specifics. I am guessing some sort of arm soreness that just required rest and rehab or was it a back or leg issue? Either way I assume the O's looked into that before making the deal. Speaking of the deal, how does this compare to annual salaries in NPB? Is this a bargain or a windfall for Sugano? And finally, I would have liked to hear from Yuri about the differences in the strike zone in Japan compared to MLB. Is it similar or will there be an adjustment there as well. Good interview which definitely added something more to the topic then I got from some of the other Oriole outlets.
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Why haven't the O's signed Buehler? He has value