It's 15th grade! Left-hander sweeper bird power, 148km bang! → Seibu 1st team 2 innings without losing a point

Feb 22, 2025

It's 15th grade! Left-hander sweeper bird power, 148km bang! → Seibu 1st team 2 innings without losing a point
photo courtesy of Doosan Bears



It's 15th grade! Left-hander sweeper bird power, 148km bang! → Seibu 1st team 2 innings without losing a point
photo courtesy of Doosan Bears
[Miyazaki (Japan) = Sports Chosun Reporter Han Dong-hoon] Doosan Bears' new foreign pitcher Jack Rogue has been unveiled. It was a short inning, but it was enough to give an exclamation that '15th grade' was correct.

Jack Rogue started a practice game against the Seibu Lions of the Japanese professional baseball league at Nango Stadium in Japan on the 22nd. He got two scoreless innings. Doosan officials who watched Jack Rogue's pitch also expressed satisfaction, saying, `It's actually tricky.'

Jack Rogue, along with Cole Irvin, is a new foreign one-two punch that Doosan has installed ahead of this season. As a former major league player, he was famous for being the best in the league. The bullpen pitching in Australia's first camp was also powerful, raising expectations.




Jack Rogue faced an elite Seibu member on the day.

He got off to a fresh start by hitting a strike on the first two pitches against Nishikawa, the leadoff hitter in the first inning. He induced a groundout for two days, but it became an infield hit.

The second batter, Takisawa, caught an out count with a sending bunt. Nevin and Seteno were thinned out with an outfield fly ball with one out and second base.




At the bottom of the second inning, he went to the full count with fifth batter Tonosaki, but struck out standing. Subsequent Genda's hit flew high in the right ambiguous spot. Foreign hitter Jake Cave caught it boasting a wide range of defense.

It's 15th grade! Left-hander sweeper bird power, 148km bang! → Seibu 1st team 2 innings without losing a point
photo courtesy of Doosan Bears
Watanabe Seiya's well-hit ball was in front of the shortstop, but an error came out. He completed his mission by neatly blocking the next batter, Kento Watanabe.

Jack Rogue used various modified fastballs such as four-seam, two-seam fastballs, and cut fastballs. The maximum speed of four-seam was 148 kilometers. The cutter was formed from 136 kilometers to 140 kilometers.




Jack Rogue also threw a changeup as a substitute control. Jack Rogue differentiated himself from a fastball by throwing a sweeper with a large angle.

Seibu's first-team hitters also failed to get the timing right.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.