Wbc

[actionjackson]

I believe so, yes. It was just ridiculous.

His fastball, however, didn't impress me that much, seemed straight and lacked command with it. That is just based off of one time seeing him and he is 22 (right?) so I won't draw any conclusions. When he's pitching for the Red Sox in 5-6 years, then we'll see.

He has said that he's staying in Japan for his whole career. We'll see if his "knees buckle" on that one when MLB teams start flashing the cash.

[KowboyKoop]

He has said that he's staying in Japan for his whole career. We'll see if his "knees buckle" on that one when MLB teams start flashing the cash.

Players say they want to "finish their careers" with certain teams all the time. Rarely happens....and with a 22 year old saying it, I'd say it means even less.

I'd say there's a 75% chance of him pitching for the BoSox when the time comes....maybe 15% chance with the Yankees, and 10% chance of staying in Japan.

[actionjackson]

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[KowboyKoop]

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[HoustonGM]

Not if we're talking about the type of "video game" movement like Darvish has. I'm talking as if I'm watching from the CF angle, not standing in the batter's box (I bat left so there's no way I'd do that against Johnson ), and I see the pitch almost defy physics and break ridiculously not only side to side, but simultaneously on a downward plane. It was a pitch that time and again you'd look at and say: a) did I really just see that? and b) he sure made (fill in great hitter's name) look feeble on that one. Johnson's definitely had more mustard on it and therefore was probably the better pitch from the the hitter's perspective, but I have never seen the kind of movement on a slider that Dave Stieb had until I saw Darvish last night and he has a lot more zing on his. Is my bias or foggy memory (I was 11-20 during the '80's when he was Dave Stieb) getting in the way? Maybe, but I don't think so because every article I read (can't find no stinking videos) talks about his knee-buckling slider. I don't know if him throwing from three-quarters put extra movement on it, but I do know that it was filthy, sick and nasty and not because of the velocity.

I'm not old enough to have seen Dave Stieb's slider, nor have I seen Yu Darvish's, but I just mentioned Randy Johnson because he has the best slider I've ever seen.

[200tang]

He has said that he's staying in Japan for his whole career. We'll see if his "knees buckle" on that one when MLB teams start flashing the cash.

I had herad that he wanted to spend 10 years in Japan and then said he would think about coming over at around 30 before the WBC started. I think he wouldn't even be eligible till around 30 anyways.

[DarthJaker]

I guess Shin Soo Choo and Kenji Johjima don't count even though they're playing better than both guys you named

Not to mention Daisuke too.

Forgot about them lol. Yu Darvish should be in the MLB by the next WBC

[DarthJaker]

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[KowboyKoop]

I'm not old enough to have seen Dave Stieb's slider, nor have I seen Yu Darvish's, but I just mentioned Randy Johnson because he has the best slider I've ever seen.

The one slider that I posted about earlier was probably the sickest I can recall..but it was only one time, no idea what kind of consistency he has with it..he threw several others that were tighter and seemed kinda averageish. Just going off of one outing though

[OregonDuck1989]

Yu, for me, has the nastiest slider I have ever seen.

[RedsoxRockies]

Wow, I was just reading on THT how Mark DiFelice threw like just 4 fastballs and 5 curves, and the rest of his pitches as sliders, out of 45 total.

[200tang]

Forgot about them lol. Yu Darvish should be in the MLB by the next WBC

I'm pretty sure he's not eligible until after the WBC. Could be wrong though and even if he has the ability that doesn't mean he wants to live here.