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northway
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure about that, considering a fair number of NPB's best players used to be Triple-A's best players. |
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slothrop
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| I'm not sure about that, considering a fair number of NPB's best players used to be Triple-A's best players. |
doesn't tell you that japanese major leaguers can dominate american tripleA players, but not usually the major leagues? lots of asian players bomb at the major league level and dominate triple A.
or do you mean american triple a players dominating in japan? i guess both happen.LOL |
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northway
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| The latter. |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 2:01 am Post subject: |
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Well, whatever, Yu just keeps dominating whatever gets in his way
http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/darvish-wins-again-for-rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas �
Yu Darvish pitched another stellar start for the Texas Rangers, striking out seven while allowing only one run in a 4-1 victory over Oakland on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old right-hander went 7 2/3 innings for Texas, walking two batters and scattering four hits while throwing 73 of his 118 pitches for strikes in improving to 6-1 on the season. |
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Hokie21
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:16 am Post subject: |
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Now 11-7 with a 4.38 ERA. He's lucky he's on the team with the most runs scored because most pitchers with a 4.38 ERA would have a losing record.
As with most Japanese pitchers he's been found out. |
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Steelrails

Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 12:50 am Post subject: |
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| slothrop wrote: |
| northway wrote: |
| I'm not sure about that, considering a fair number of NPB's best players used to be Triple-A's best players. |
doesn't tell you that japanese major leaguers can dominate american tripleA players, but not usually the major leagues? lots of asian players bomb at the major league level and dominate triple A.
or do you mean american triple a players dominating in japan? i guess both happen.LOL |
I think lots of players, be they American, Japanese, Cuban, Dominican, Venezuelan, or Puerto Rican dominate the minors and bomb when they get called up to the show. |
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slothrop
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northway
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| Hokie21 wrote: |
Now 11-7 with a 4.38 ERA. He's lucky he's on the team with the most runs scored because most pitchers with a 4.38 ERA would have a losing record.
As with most Japanese pitchers he's been found out. |
His peripherals are still pretty solid and he's providing innings. Hard to put nails in the coffin as of right now, particularly when he's only 25. |
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Dave Chance
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| Hokie21 wrote: |
Now 11-7 with a 4.38 ERA. He's lucky he's on the team with the most runs scored because most pitchers with a 4.38 ERA would have a losing record.
As with most Japanese pitchers he's been found out. |
Don't count'im out jus yet. He was hampered by an injury but was able to recover his form a bit in his last outing-
http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/darvish-gets-10-strikeouts-as-rangers-edge-rays
Yu Darvish enjoyed one of his best performances of the season to help the high-flying Texas Rangers edge out the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 on Tuesday as the home team recorded a sixth win in seven games.
The Japanese rookie right-hander blew away Tampa Bay with 10 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings to put his mid-season troubles behind him and condemn the Rays (70-59) to a fourth straight defeat |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006 Location: China
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| I think he is capable of a solid career with some big moments. He could definitely be in the top tier of pitchers for the next few years. A very successful rookie season. A side note, Dice -K seems to be on the comeback trail. |
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Dave Chance
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, dude still rollin'
http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/darvish-goes-over-200ks-as-rangers-rookie
Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish has reached the 200th strikeout of his debut season in the U.S. major leagues.
Darvish reached the mark when he removed Carlos Peguero leading off the fifth inning of Friday�s 9-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. He then removed Trayvon Robinson and Munenori Kawasaki to make it three strikeouts for the inning. |
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Dave Chance
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Helping lead the Rangers into the post-season
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/texas-rangers/post/_/id/4891878/yu-darvish-dazzles-but-is-his-own-worst-critic
"I think I'm just lucky," Darvish said through an interpreter.
Lucky or not, Darvish offered yet another glimpse into the type of pitcher he can be for the Texas Rangers, both down the stretch and in the future. He became one of only four rookies in MLB history to win at least 16 games and record at least 200 strikeouts in a season. He surrendered a run on four hits while striking out nine in eight innings, extending his streak of quality starts to six and improving to 3-1 against the Angels. Darvish didn't necessarily out-duel Zack Greinke, who also gave up just one run on four hits in eight frames.
"My line and resulting numbers were great," Darvish said, "but the details and my command weren't."
Darvish (16-9) finished strong, striking out the side in the eighth with a bevy of sliders. |
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