"I've never had a harder time in my baseball life than I have now" ERA 7.26 Will he survive as a reliever with an annual salary of 19.2 billion Ma (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball) at the bottom of the entire major league
Jul 12, 2024
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Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda (36) moves to the bullpen. Detroit manager A.J. Hunch said on the 12th (Korea time) that he will use Maeda as an intermediate pitcher for the time being ahead of the three consecutive games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. As a starter, I lost the trust of the bench. The slump is serious.
He has thrown as a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He played as a bullpen pitcher in 34 games between 2017 and 2019. The situation is very different from then. During the Los Angeles Dodgers, it was a temporary change of position due to the saturation of the starting lineup.
There is no other alternative at this point because it is a contract that cannot be lowered into a minor league for the club. If it can't be used as an intermediate system, there's only emission.
Maeda started against the Cleveland Guardians on the 10th and was replaced in the middle of the third inning. In the first inning, he allowed three runs on four hits, including two homers. He gave up another three runs in the third inning and came down the mound after two outs. He sought his third win of the season in eight games since the game against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 24, but he allowed six runs in two ⅔ innings and was forced out early.
On this day, Maeda achieved 1,000 strikeouts in his career. He is the third Japanese pitcher after Yu Darvish (1982) and Hideo Nomo (1918). He set a meaningful record in his ninth year in the Major League, but he couldn't laugh. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers has 608.
He said "Nothing is going well at this point. I'm sorry for causing a lot of trouble to the team. I've never suffered as much as I do now in my baseball life."
The game against the Minestar Twins on the 5th was even more disastrous. He allowed nine hits and nine runs in three ⅔ innings.
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All pitches this season are below the Major League average. There is a clear difference in the hit rate of the main game species. The four-seam fastball hit rate soared from 275 percent to 306 percent last year, and the slider went up from 247 percent to 316 percent. The two pitches accounted for 49.9% of the total pitches, and the pitch fell and was hit hard.
The splitter, which has the highest proportion as a single pitch type with 28.7%, recorded 182% last year and 186% this year. If the four-seam and slider do not survive, it is difficult to hold out in the Major League anymore.
Last year, when he returned from right elbow surgery, he went 6-8 with a 4.23 ERA in 21 games for the Minnesota Twins. It was expected to be one of the pillars of the Detroit starting lineup this season, but it is approaching its worst.
Maeda won 97 games for the Hiroshima Carp in the Japanese professional baseball league. He won the Sawamura Award, which is given to the best pitcher in 2010. 6년 연속 두
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Reporter Min Chang-ki huelva@sportschosun.com
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