What's the tension, but what kind of people are gathered like this? Sasaki is good. She showed off her first live-pitching splitter
Feb 20, 2025
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On the 20th (Korea time), Sasaki set up hitters at Glendale Camelback Ranch in Arizona, USA, and displayed pitching that looked like a real game. The Dodgers' leadership participated in the Camel McRanch on the day, and more than 200 officials, including reporters and fans, gathered to watch Sasaki's first actual pitching.
`Sasaki faced batters with a more relaxed look than the first bullpen session last week without being aware of his surroundings,' the Associated Press said. `He struck out two, and one was Eddie Rosario throwing two splitters in a row.'
After pitching, Sasaki "I wasn't nervous at all. "I faced hitters for the first time with a major league official ball and threw it like a real game for the first time, and as I got used to the flow of the game, I felt to some extent how things would go."
Sasaki threw 27 pitches in two innings, giving up only two line-drive hits, striking out two and overpowering the rest of the batters with ground balls. MLB.com said it also mixed sliders that appear to be in the process of refining while pitching mainly on the fastball and splitter.
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After striking out, Rosario said "His splitter is hard to hit. It was hard to predict how it would fly. I penetrated the body and the outside course constantly," he said with a tongue-in-cheek.
Tommy Edman said the splitter was much different from the fastball. The fastball clearly came in with a strong movement, and the splitter fell sharply. I can see why the two pitches work" he evaluated.
Sasaki's splitter is considered the best pitch type in the Major League, and it is explained that it is twice as powerful as a fastball. Sasaki's dependence on sliders, which is a three-pitch type, is low because he takes a fastball-splitter-oriented ball mix in practice.
In response, MLB.com said, `Sasaki is still honing his slider, but there are still questions about whether he needs to add another pitch to succeed in the major leagues.' `The Dodgers are interested in continuing to raise Sasaki's pitch, but the top priority is to help him adapt well to big league life rather than focusing on adjustment.' In other words, it means that getting used to Major League Baseball comes first rather than ball game development or adjustment.
Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes said after watching Sasaki's pitching, `If you think about how good his command, his ball speed, and his splitter are, I think you can use two pitches and just leave the rest out there"I can understand that you can develop because you're sleeping and you're still young." he evaluated.
MLB.com added: "'How Sasaki responds to the growing interest was also a matter of note for his teammates. Some Dodgers players said they had never seen this level of interest, with huge crowds watching live batting.
Sasaki responded to the outpouring of attention "More players were looking at me than I thought. But I wasn't nervous. It was just surprising that so many people gathered."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
