Sasaki Crochet, 100 Mile Young Gun One Two Punch This could be excluded from Boston's dream LA, New York Media
Dec 23, 2024
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This time, it's the Boston Red Sox. MLB.com said on the 23rd (Korea time) 'Boston is trying to reinforce its starting list. I'm interested in making an offer to Japanese pitcher Sasaki, he reported.
Boston also has a deep relationship with Japanese pitchers. Hideo Nomo, who won the Rookie of the Year award with the LA Dodgers, played in Boston in 2001, and big-name pitchers who came to the U.S. after overcoming NPB, including Daisuke Matsuzaka and Koji Uehara, walked on the Boston mound.
Boston brought Chicago White Sox young gun fireballer Garrett Crochet through a trade on the 12th to further strengthen its rotation. However, Craig Brisslow's move to Boston CBO is unstoppable. Sasaki is the next target.
It appears to be envisioning a powerful one-two punch that leads to Crochet-Sasaki. Crochet is also a strikeout-type ace who boasts a fastball of more than 100 miles. Crochet's four-seam fastball speed this year reached a maximum of 100.4 miles and an average of 97.2 miles.
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Sasaki has been in talks with clubs who have submitted presentations since last week. It is known that he met with officials from the New York Yankees and New York Mets in Los Angeles on the 20th to negotiate 'Double Header'. On the 21st, he also negotiated with the Chicago Cubs. There are already three known clubs.
On top of that, according to Japanese media, the Chicago White Sox applied for a meeting with Sasaki, and the Dodgers and San Diego are also expected to set up a table soon.
It's not just that. Minnesota Twins President Derek Falvey also told MLB.com in an interview that `We're interested, too. "I have one room in the building, and it would be a shocking statement to me if I said otherwise," he said. "I want to know what Sasaki is looking for and what the next process will be in this posting process."
For them, Sasaki's selection criteria are the most important. In response, agent Joel Wolf said in an interview at the Winter Meeting on the 12th that `Sasaki sees not only this year but also past performance as important. He's seen a lot of major league games. I also watched the performances of my teammates in the WBC and talked a lot with Chiba Lotte mercenaries " Sasaki asked them a lot of things, including the weather, convenience, and pitcher development system. I'm also seeing how Japanese players in the Major League are doing", he explained.
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And a remarkable statement is about the media. Sasaki may prefer a place where there is less media attention. Wolf agrees with the argument that a relatively small market size club could be a more beneficial place for Sasaki. This is especially true given that Sasaki has not had a pleasant experience with the media so far."
In response, Essential Leports reported that the Chicago Cubs entered the Sasaki scramble on the same day, saying 'If Sasaki prefers small and medium-sized market clubs, the reason is that he has had unpleasant experience with Japanese media for many years. So you may want a quiet city'Chicago is a big market, but it is not a place where media attention is concentrated like Yankees, Mets, and Dodgers. In other words, New York and LA can be excluded.
jhno@sportschosun.com
