"I can't believe I can recruit a candidate for the Rookie of the Year award..." Popularity Explodes Day Monster Pitcher Ranked 2nd in MLB.COM FA Selection Pitcher Ranked
"I can't believe I can recruit a candidate for the Rookie of the Year award..." Popularity Explodes Day Monster Pitcher Ranked 2nd in MLB.COM FA Selection Pitcher Ranked
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Japanese professional baseball team Chiba Lotte Marines Sasaki (23) ranked second in the Major League FA starting pitcher rankings.
MLB.com , the official major league media, announced the top 10 FA starting pitchers on the 14th (Korea time). Sasaki, who is scheduled to enter the Major League through posting this winter, is a pitcher who has not played in the big leagues yet, but has surpassed his outstanding aces to rank second.
Sasaki, a top-rated ace with 29 wins and 15 losses and an earned run average of 2.10 in 64 games (394 ⅔ innings) in the Japanese pro baseball, did not play in any official games in his first year, but he became the ace in the national league by achieving the youngest perfect game in the Japanese pro baseball in 2022. However, many injuries every season were a stumbling block. Last season, he recorded only seven wins, four losses and an earned run average of 1.78 in 15 games (91 innings), and his team did not allow posting.
Sasaki has not finished the regular innings due to injury this year. However, he recorded 10 wins and 5 losses with an ERA of 2.35 in 18 games (111 innings), and Chiba Lotte has decided to allow Sasaki to post, recognizing his 10th win. Upon hearing the news that Sasaki is heading to the 메이저놀이터 Major League, each club has started moving to recruit Sasaki.
MLB.com , which ranked Sasaki second to Corbin Burns, the winner of the 2021 National League Cy Young Award, in the FA starting pitcher rankings, said, "Why are Major League teams going crazy when Sasaki officially goes into the posting process? Imagine Paul Skins (Pittsburgh), the likely winner of this year's NL Rookie of the Year award, suddenly has a chance for anyone to try to recruit him. Sasaki turned 23 on Nov. 3, and she was only born seven months earlier than Sasaki. She has a heavy pitching capability just like Skins," explaining why Major League teams are waiting for Sasaki.
"Like Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers) in 2017, Sasaki is restricted by international Bonus Pool regulations," MLB.com , which pointed out, "This means that teams that recruit Sasaki will only have relatively minimal financial expenditures. There are certainly risks to health and durability, but Sasaki's potential is greater than any other player that can be recruited in this transfer market except Juan Soto."
Meanwhile, Burns, who played for the Baltimore Orioles this year, overtook Sasaki to rank No. 1. Burns, who recorded 60 wins and 36 losses with an ERA of 3.19 in 199 games (903 ⅔ innings), won the National League Cy Young Award in 2021 and was included in the top eight voting for the fourth consecutive year from 2020 to 2023. This year, Burns recorded 15 wins and 9 losses with an ERA of 2.92 in 32 games (194 ⅓ innings).
After Burns, No. 1 and Sasaki, Blake Snell, No. 4 Max Fried, No. 5 Jack Flaherty, No. 6 Sean Manaea, No. 7 Walker Buehler, No. 8 Yusei Kikuchi, No. 9 Naisun Ivaldi, and Shane Bieber, No. 10 were named. Among them, Snell (2018 American League Cy Young Award, 2023 National League Cy Young Award) and Bieber (2020 American League Cy Young Award) are special aces who have won Cy Young Awards.