Yakyu Cosmopolitan
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🇯🇵⚾️ Covering Japanese baseball in English on YouTube. Contributor for @JapanBall, @SportsLookJP, @WorldBaseball_. 日本の野球を英語でお届けしてます。
Joined December 2022
🚨 Announcing the launch of an English language site for NPB/Farm & Samurai Japan stats (2020-). It’s basic but there’s custom filters that let you sort through the numbers you care about most. Still a work in progress. Will be updated regularly.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto. 2019 Premier12 Champion.2021 Tokyo Olympics Gold Medalist.2022 Japan Series Champion.2023 World Baseball Classic Champion.2024 World Series Champion
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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
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Mic picked up on Ohtani. “Shoulder.”. “Really? Which one?”. “Left.”. “Did it pop out?”. “I think so.”.
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Trevor Bauer’s final line tonight. 10.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 123 P. No decision
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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
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Rintaro Sasaki gets the silent treatment after hitting his 1st homer on US soil 🤫.
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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
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New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman and other MLB scouts/executives were in the house for Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s no-hitter tonight
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My NPB Pitcher Power Rankings as of August 21. 8月21日時点での個人的なプロ野球投手ランキング
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Nootbaar after the team huddle: “What did they say?”. His interpreter: “I couldn’t hear shit”. Posted on Samurai Japan’s official account lol.
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Ippei Mizuhara first took $41,000 from Shohei Ohtani’s account on November 15, 2021. That day, Ohtani was asked who in his life has helped him the most off the baseball field:. “The would be Ippei, of course.”.
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Trevor Bauer’s final line in his 3rd NPB start. 2.0 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 69 PI. Back to back starts with 7 runs allowed
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My NPB Hitter Power Rankings as of August 8. 8月8日時点での個人的なプロ野球打者ランキング
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With Domingo German making history today, let's remember Roki Sasaki's Perfect Game last year. 9.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 19 K. He had a 44.8 CSW% on 105 total pitches in what is arguably the greatest pitching performance in baseball history
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My NPB Hitter Power Rankings as of August 22. 8月22日時点での個人的なプロ野球打者ランキング
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto & Roki Sasaki with Mike Trout after the WBC Finals
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My NPB Pitcher Power Rankings as of the end of the regular season. レギュラーシーズン終了時点での個人的なプロ野球投手ランキング
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My NPB Pitcher Power Rankings at the end of interleague
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My Final 2023 NPB Pitcher Rankings. 個人的な2023年最終NPB投手ランキング
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My NPB Hitter Power Rankings as of the end of the regular season. レギュラーシーズン終了時点での個人的なプロ野球打者ランキング
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My NPB Starting Pitchers Tier List favoring predictive stats and trends for 2024 (xFIP, Chase%, SwStr%, etc)
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Roki Sasaki set a season high in strikeouts tonight. 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 14 K, 104 P. Maxed at 103 mph, 3rd time in his career with 14+ Ks
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Roki Sasaki tore his oblique while having a historic season. Shohei Ohtani tore his elbow while having a historic season. A fairy tale start to the year has turned into a cursed timeline.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto finished the regular season with a 1.21 ERA. The league ERA in the dead ball NPB right now is 3.17. The league ERA in MLB this season is 4.33. If you adjust Yamamoto’s ERA to fit the MLB scoring environment, it comes out to…1.66.
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Hanamaki Higashi High School graduates today 🌸. Yusei Kikuchi: 5 shutout innings.Shohei Ohtani: 433 ft Home Run.Rintaro Sasaki: Home Run in MLB Draft League debut
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My Final NPB Rest-of-Season Pitcher Ranking Update of 2024
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2021 Pro Yakyu Spirits vs. 2024 Pro Yakyu Spirits Graphics 😳
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Shintaro Fujinami dedicated his outing today to Shintaro Yokota, his former teammate on the Hanshin Tigers who passed away yesterday from brain cancer at the age of 28. He wore a badge before the game and looked up at the heavens multiple times.
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RHP Trevor Bauer has been sent down to the Baystars farm and will pitch Sunday.
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My NPB Pitcher Power Rankings as of September 18. 9月18日時点での個人的なプロ野球投手ランキング
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s line in Game 6 of the Japan Series, his final start as a Buffalo. 9.0 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 14 K, 138 P. The ace of Samurai Japan pitched a stellar gem to force game 7 despite some traffic on the bases early on, setting a new Japan Series record for strikeouts
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Darvish closed the ‘09 WBC. Ohtani was in Junior High. Darvish left the Fighters after 2011. Kuriyama became manager of the Fighters in 2012. Ohtani joined the Fighters in 2013 & took on Darvish’s #11. Ohtani closed the ‘23 WBC w/ Kuriyama as manager.
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It’s official. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has won his third consecutive Triple Crown. 16 Wins.1.21 ERA.169 Strikeouts. He also led the league in several other significant categories. 198 BAA.0.74 WHIP.1.74 FIP.22.2 K-BB%.5.32 WPA.7.0 WAR
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Adam Jones at the game with his former Orix Buffaloes teammates Ryoichi Adachi and Yuya Oda cheering on Yoshinobu Yamamoto
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Mookie Betts made a surprise visit to an elementary school in Tokyo.
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My NPB Pitcher Power Rankings as of September 4. 9月4日時点での個人的なプロ野球投手ランキング
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My NPB Hitter Power Rankings as of September 19. 9月19日時点での個人的なプロ野球打者ランキング
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Roki Sasaki showed what he’s made of in Game 1!. 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 112 P, 15 Whiffs. After walking the first two batters, he settled in and mowed down the Fighters lineup, leaning heavily on the slider and sitting 96-98 on the fastball.
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Trevor Bauer went the distance tonight. 9.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 128 PI. Most pitches he’s thrown in a professional game, ever
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Munetaka Murakami on going to MLB: “Ideally, I’d like to play for a west coast team. But I’m also interested in the New York Yankees.”
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Trevor Bauer’s line tonight. 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 108 P. 19 consecutive scoreless innings
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Mike Ford has been unleashed!. His 1st career NPB hit is a big home run 🌈.
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My NPB Hitter Power Rankings as of September 5. 9月5日時点での個人的なプロ野球打者ランキング
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My NPB Relief Pitchers Tier List favoring predictive stats and trends for 2024 (xFIP, Chase%, SwStr%, etc)
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The Chunichi Dragons are going to miss the playoffs for their 10th straight year but don't blame this awesome young core.
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Yoshinobu 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
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Today is the one year anniversary of Roki Sasaki’s perfect game. 9.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 19 K. Perhaps the greatest pitching performance in the history of professional baseball.
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Lars Nootbaar had to make an emergency call to his mother on his first day in Japan because he didn’t know how to flush the toilet and the bullet train was about to leave. Lars reportedly asked, “Mommy which button do I press?” .
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There appears to be a real possibility that 22-year-old phenom Roki Sasaki is posted next year. If that’s the case, Sasaki would initially miss out on hundreds of millions…but every single MLB team would be financially capable of signing him. A repeat of Ohtani 2017 🧵
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My current outlook on starting rotation strength for NPB teams
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Trevor Bauer’s NPB debut. 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K. Lots of off-speed, mid 90s with the fastball.
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Daito Yamamoto hits a leadoff home run off Trevor Bauer.
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Trevor Bauer, who is still a Free Agent, has upset some Japanese fans for commenting “Welcome Home” on Ridge Alkonis’ Instagram. Alkonis, an American Navy officer, was transferred back to the US this week after killing 2 Japanese citizens in a reckless driving case in 2021.
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Trevor Bauer on my page when I said he shouldn’t yell at his teammates last year
@PitchingNinja Trevor Bauer lying and making everything about himself - if only I could say I was surprised.
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Mike Ford hit his 1st homer since coming to Japan for the Baystars’ farm team, and it was a big one.
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My Top 50 NPB Prospects in 2024. 個人的な2024年NPBプロスペクト ランキング
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2023 NPB teams charted based on wRC+ and FIP-. The y-axis measures pitching, the x-axis measures hitting. Teams closest to the upper right are best, teams closest to the bottom left are worst
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Flashback to Shohei Ohtani hitting tanks at the 2016 NPB Home Run Derby.
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Tell Darvish and Yamamoto “winner gets Roki Sasaki” and see them both pitch the game of their lives.
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Roki Sasaki after last night’s start. 79.0 IP.1.48 ERA.0.78 FIP.1.11 xFIP.41.0 K%.4.7 BB%.0.1 HR/9
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Hideki Kuriyama on why he drafted Ohtani to be a TWP:. “Would you tell Munetaka Murakami to give up on hitting? Would you tell Roki Sasaki to give up on pitching? . Ohtani is that level of player at both. It’s unthinkable for me to to tell him he has to give up being a TWP.”
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Roki Sasaki’s final line this afternoon. 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 90 P, 12 Whiffs. 95-97 mph on the fastball
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s final start of the regular season. 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 11 K, 112 P. Finishes the year with a 1.21 ERA and will very likely win the MVP, Triple Crown, and Sawamura Award again
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The Roki Sasaki situation is complicated. It’s the giant elephant of the offseason. Here is my nuanced input, starting with the basics, referring to @JballAllen’s reporting. First and foremost, I have maintained that a posting is possible, though it would be a very dark day for
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto has completed the 2nd no-hitter of his career!.
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Roki Sasaki showed what he’s made of tonight. 8.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 12 K, 106 P, 18 Whiffs. Season-high 13 pitches at 160+ kmh, including 162 kmh (101 mph)
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Yu Darvish vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto in an elimination game?. The best NPB pitcher of the late 2000s/early 2010s vs. the best NPB pitcher of the 2020s. A win-win for 🇯🇵.
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Tomoyuki Sugano on signing with the Baltimore Orioles. "My dream of pitching in MLB was clear when I was on the mound at Dodger Stadium in the 2017 WBC. The Orioles have a great pitching staff and are determined to win a World Series. I wanted to be part of that. [Adley
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Rintaro Sasaki: “At this point, I’ve decided on studying abroad in the United States in order to get to the next level in my baseball career.”. He has not decided what college he will attend but he is reportedly eyeing Vanderbilt University.
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🇩🇴 Franmil Reyes WALK-OFF Home Run!. His 25 game hit streak ended last week but he can’t stop mashing.
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On this day in 1994, Shohei Ohtani was born. The rest is history.
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Seiya Suzuki:. “Manager David Ross tricked me. Before I signed, he told me Chicago isn’t that cold. Not much worse than Hiroshima. When I confronted him he said it’s because he really wanted me. So I realized I’m glad to be on a great team like the Cubs.”.
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Lars Nootbaar and Masataka Yoshida are cheering on the Buffaloes together tonight
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The Tigers celebrate with Shintaro Yokota’s jersey, their former teammate who passed away this year due to brain cancer.
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My NPB Relief Pitcher Power Rankings as league play resumes
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When Munetaka Murakami is pimping homers like this you know he’s at his best.
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Teruaki Sato since his rookie season. 2021: 24 HR, 38.0 K%, 102 wRC+.2022: 20 HR, 22.7 K%, 128 wRC+.2023: 24 HR, 25.4 K%, 155 wRC+.2024: ?.
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It’s *possible* we’ve seen the last of Ohtani at his absolute peak. He could come back and be a lesser pitcher or just take a reliever role. But he’s proved time and time again, especially since 2021, that he’s always striving to achieve the *impossible.* He’s not close to done.
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50-year-old Hideki Matsui homers at Tokyo Dome in the Team Ichiro vs. High School Girl’s All-Stars Game.
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After Dragons LHP Ren Kondo gave up 10 runs in 1 inning on August 25, he was sent back down to the farm and had to run 200 laps from foul pole to foul pole.
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One year ago today, Roki Sasaki pitched for Samurai Japan on 3.11, the anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake & tsunami that took the lives of over 20,000 people including his father and grandparents. He struck out 8 batters across 3.2 innings.
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Japanese-born MLB Home Run leader real time rankings.
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Munetaka Murakami and the Yakult Swallows agreed to a ¥600 million (~$4M) contract for the 2025 season. “This will be my last season in Japan.”.
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The Baystars continue to exterminate aces. Who will they haunt next?
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The Koji Chikamoto jersey in SD is the real winner of this photo.
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Probably the first Dodgers/Cubs promotion poster I’ve seen that doesn’t include Ohtani or Imanaga
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