“I’ve seen some video, so I certainly know about the triple-digit heater and the forkball. This is a guy that you can ...
Last winter, we wrote about how Major League Baseball's offseason had been dominated by international free agents. At the ...
Roki Sasaki, the young Japanese pitcher considered one of the best in the world, will finally be posted to MLB, his NPB team, ...
Only 9 pitchers met the total pitch and batted ball requirements to get a grade, and that includes the Mets’ Kodai Senga’s forkball, whose offering fits here best. As unfair as it was to ...
That would be Japanese ace Roki Sasaki, who will be posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines, his Nippon Professional Baseball team, ...
Armed with a fastball that has exceeded 100-mph and a sharp forkball to go with his two breaking pitches, the 6-foot-4, ...
In Shohei Ohtani's hometown in Japan, now colored Dodger blue for the World Series, a superfan's shrine covers the baseball ...
There’s always needs to address, but in the end, you never know if trades come into play, or what ends up making the most sense,” Boone said. “Certainly aware there was a special pitcher coming this ...
The velocity from last year’s NL Rookie of the Year runner-up mirrored his impressive 2023, Senga regularly touching 97 mph with his fastball and generating whiffs via his signature forkball ...
A “D+” knuckle-curve was his most pressing problem. Kodai Senga’s “A+” forkball was a revelation, but his “C+” four-seamer and “C” slider held him back. He will start 2024 on the ...
Many of those offerings were not particularly close, with his trademark forkball, specifically, starting uncompetitively below the strike zone. Advertisement Still, Senga moved within an out of ...
Senga was erratic at the outset, unable to command his fastball or forkball. Betts, Freeman and Teoscar Hernández loaded the bases with walks. Muncy stroked a thigh-high cutter into center field.