By Shanks D Zoro Go To PostDid the Yankee slide start when Stanton went down?
No, objective science clearly points to me and my father. Stanton went to the IL 3 days later, also my fault.
By Just Apollo Go To Postoh. Let me see if I can 😂
How in the fuck do I get these tickets?
By blackace Go To Postoh. Let me see if I can 😂
Dude for real I need one for me and my kid. I hope they don’t do a lottery
By blackace Go To Postoh. Let me see if I can 😂
Went to opening game in Seoul this year. Great experience.
Would go to Tokyo in an instant if it was a weekend game.
So excited to go to my first Japanese game next weekend. Swallows vs Hiroshima.
Gonna get a bright green Tokyo Murakami shirt.
By Just Apollo Go To Postget me one too.
How in the fuck do I get these tickets?
By Shanks D Zoro Go To PostSo excited to go to my first Japanese game next weekend. Swallows vs Hiroshima.Swallows are my team <3
have fun!
By Pac-2 Go To Posta-a-ronfun game today
By Pac-2 Go To PostBecause who else do they have that could do it.tonkin and enyel.
Like literally who else.
My boy Kim Do Yeong just became the 9th member of the 30-30 club in Korea. 30-34
Youngest and quickest to do it.
Was at the game. Absolute insane pop. Might have been the best baseball moment I have seen live.
Home town boy and still not even 21.
113 games down with 31 left to play. Outside chance of 40-40. Also, a slim chance of the triple crown. He lacks in RBIs because he batted 1-2 for most of the year. Leads the league in tuns scored by an insane 23.
Youngest and quickest to do it.
Was at the game. Absolute insane pop. Might have been the best baseball moment I have seen live.
Home town boy and still not even 21.
113 games down with 31 left to play. Outside chance of 40-40. Also, a slim chance of the triple crown. He lacks in RBIs because he batted 1-2 for most of the year. Leads the league in tuns scored by an insane 23.
From across the Pacific, there are four notable potential posting names who could have eight-figure upside: NPB third baseman Munetaka Murakami (who turns 25 this winter), KBO second baseman Hyeseong Kim (who turns 26 this winter), NPB righty Kona Takahashi (who turns 28 this winter) and NPB lefty Shinnosuke Ogasawara (who turns 27 in October).
The biggest name, though, would have a very different kind of free agency. Sasaki, who turns 23 in November, has a fascinating decision to make. If he waits two years to come to the United States, he can be posted as a big league free agent. He would figure to get at least a $200 million guarantee, maybe even a Yamamoto-level deal, if not more.
If Sasaki comes over this winter, he would be limited to the international bonus pools, like Shohei Ohtani was when he signed for $2.3 million before the 2018 season. That means the most Sasaki could get is around a $7 million bonus (and no guaranteed big league money). Since money likely wouldn't be the biggest factor in his choice of team, he might have to settle for as little as a few million, depending on which club he picks and how many deals they've already struck.
I checked with a half dozen team sources who are monitoring this situation, and they all put the odds that Chiba Lotte, Sasaki's club, will post him this winter at over 50%, with one saying there's a 90% chance.
Why would Sasaki do this? From a financial perspective, it seemed illogical when Ohtani did it, too, but it worked out just fine (not to mention the nine figures of off-field earnings he earned even while making arbitration salaries with the Los Angeles Angels). For players of this caliber, the allure of moving to the top level of competition after dominating your domestic league – with a big off-field payoff immediately, as well as a potentially giant free agent payout in six years – does make sense.
The other question is whether Sasaki would be posted before or after Dec. 15, which is when the international signing period closes. If he is, only five to seven teams even have seven figures of bonus money left, with the Los Angeles Dodgers leading the way at under $3 million (the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees, who traded last month for more pool space, are believed to be second and third).
If he waits to sign a deal until the next international signing period starts on Jan. 15, any of the 30 teams could conceivably renege on verbal deals they've made and offer him their entire pool, which for the current period ranges from $4.65 million to $7.11 million – and the next period should feature similar pool amounts. Either way, a whirlwind recruiting process will kick off once Sasaki and Chiba Lotte make their intentions known.
From ESPN ranking of free agents. I was interested in the Asian guys. Especially as I have seen Murakami and Kim in the past month.
@blackace, who is Sasaki?
As for Kim, he is a lesser Lee Junghoo. They played in the same team together, along with Kim Haseong. And I think he is a much better offensive player than Kim and being a slightly less defensive player.
He has improved his slash lines every year as a pro, and is about the same this year as last year. He was looking like he had added more power with seven homers in the first month, but he missed some time with an injury and has only added four more since.
Was probably a top two Korean entering the season with Lee gone, but now my boy Do Yeong has blown what he has ever done out the water, and what Lee has ever done too.
So good contact hitter/ good D at 2nd/ can steal/ but no power.
By Shanks D Zoro Go To PostFrom ESPN ranking of free agents. I was interested in the Asian guys. Especially as I have seen Murakami and Kim in the past month.Roki Sasaki?
@blackace, who is Sasaki?
As for Kim, he is a lesser Lee Junghoo. They played in the same team together, along with Kim Haseong. And I think he is a much better offensive player than Kim and being a slightly less defensive player.
He has improved his slash lines every year as a pro, and is about the same this year as last year. He was looking like he had added more power with seven homers in the first month, but he missed some time with an injury and has only added four more since.
Was probably a top two Korean entering the season with Lee gone, but now my boy Do Yeong has blown what he has ever done out the water, and what Lee has ever done too.
So good contact hitter/ good D at 2nd/ can steal/ but no power.
Possibly one of the best pitchers ever from Japan.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sasaki000rok
Nice. Gonna have to keep an eye on him regardless of what he and the Mariners do this winter.
There is a 99% change I will head back to Japan in July next year, hopefully he is there. Hopefully he is still there and I can get to a game.
(Also got Star Wars Celebration tickets in Japan for April, but no sure if I will actually go and the logistics of attending a baseball game)
I need to try and follow Japanese baseball more. Got to find some streams.
Got my green Tokyo Murakami jersey, but man I wanted a Nike Giants one.
Don’t think I posted about my Swallows game.
Swallows won, so was good. But atmosphere nothing like in KBO. I think because you have to sneak beers in. In Korea they let you bring whatever the fuck you want as long as it ain’t glass.
Was cool though, somehow communicated with some Japanese kid behind me with his family and he said Ichiro over Ohtani over Matsui.
There was a firework display during the game too.
Currently watching the Korean Lotte vs my team.
Gosh I love baseball.
Paid resale for my Kia vs LG tickets on Friday and Sunday in Seoul. Tickets selling out instantly now. (Had a set up on Saturday with a girl, so couldn’t go Saturday. My boy hit a grand slam.)
Atmosphere was crazy both games as we swept the second place current champs. Took part in a twenty minute singathon after the game just before the exit. Singing almost every Kia song.
Just makes me depressed with the A’s situation. To this day still the most I have spent on sports fandom is following them.
There is a 99% change I will head back to Japan in July next year, hopefully he is there. Hopefully he is still there and I can get to a game.
(Also got Star Wars Celebration tickets in Japan for April, but no sure if I will actually go and the logistics of attending a baseball game)
I need to try and follow Japanese baseball more. Got to find some streams.
Got my green Tokyo Murakami jersey, but man I wanted a Nike Giants one.
Don’t think I posted about my Swallows game.
Swallows won, so was good. But atmosphere nothing like in KBO. I think because you have to sneak beers in. In Korea they let you bring whatever the fuck you want as long as it ain’t glass.
Was cool though, somehow communicated with some Japanese kid behind me with his family and he said Ichiro over Ohtani over Matsui.
There was a firework display during the game too.
Currently watching the Korean Lotte vs my team.
Gosh I love baseball.
Paid resale for my Kia vs LG tickets on Friday and Sunday in Seoul. Tickets selling out instantly now. (Had a set up on Saturday with a girl, so couldn’t go Saturday. My boy hit a grand slam.)
Atmosphere was crazy both games as we swept the second place current champs. Took part in a twenty minute singathon after the game just before the exit. Singing almost every Kia song.
Just makes me depressed with the A’s situation. To this day still the most I have spent on sports fandom is following them.
I honestly can't handle live Japanese baseball games. I mean they are lit in the stands but it's not how I wish to view a baseball game 😂
Crazy Judge is on 60 HR pace after that start.
I really think he will get the record in the next few years if he can stay healthy.
Would be amazing if Ohtani gives him a race for it too.
You would hate Korean games then. It is like Japan but times 10. Every player has a song and most actions in the game have a chant too.
I really think he will get the record in the next few years if he can stay healthy.
Would be amazing if Ohtani gives him a race for it too.
By blackace Go To PostI honestly can't handle live Japanese baseball games. I mean they are lit in the stands but it's not how I wish to view a baseball game 😂
You would hate Korean games then. It is like Japan but times 10. Every player has a song and most actions in the game have a chant too.
Average game is 3:14 in Korea.
And my boy KDY just had another stunning game. 1 for 2 with that hit being a homer and two walks for three runs scored and 2 ribbies.
20 years old and already the best player in Korean baseball. Better than what I have seen from Jackson Holiday.
First KBO player with a 10-10 month.
Youngest and quickest to join the 30-30 club.
I jabe to go to bed now, so I don’t have time to detail everythinng he is leading the league in.
This guy is the future of baseball. Period.
Genuinely recommend any true fan to start watching the free KBO streams and getting ahead of the curve, because this guy is gonna dominate.
And my boy KDY just had another stunning game. 1 for 2 with that hit being a homer and two walks for three runs scored and 2 ribbies.
20 years old and already the best player in Korean baseball. Better than what I have seen from Jackson Holiday.
First KBO player with a 10-10 month.
Youngest and quickest to join the 30-30 club.
I jabe to go to bed now, so I don’t have time to detail everythinng he is leading the league in.
This guy is the future of baseball. Period.
Genuinely recommend any true fan to start watching the free KBO streams and getting ahead of the curve, because this guy is gonna dominate.
Did he drop it, or did the guy next to him hit him off his glove? I couldn't tell.
Also, Japan totally gonna perfect cloning thanks to this dude, aren't they?
Also, Japan totally gonna perfect cloning thanks to this dude, aren't they?
Fastest to it as well.
Currently on pace for 50-50.
Nobody else has a 45-45.
Gotta say, thought it was crazy this contract given his injury record. But after one season it is already historic.
So glad I got to see him play this season.
Gotta splice in a dude with a stronger elbow.
Currently on pace for 50-50.
Nobody else has a 45-45.
Gotta say, thought it was crazy this contract given his injury record. But after one season it is already historic.
So glad I got to see him play this season.
By inky Go To PostAlso, Japan totally gonna perfect cloning thanks to this dude, aren't they?
Gotta splice in a dude with a stronger elbow.