March 21, 20233 yr Author mobile.twitter.com › status 7 hours ago · The starting pitching matchup will be Yu Darvish vs. Merrill Kelly if Japan advances to face USA in the WBC championship, per... Should have done it with two outs instead for more drama lol.
March 21, 20233 yr It’s just funny listening to Smoltz try not to go on a rant about anyone celebrating. He’s just awful
March 21, 20233 yr Author Hard to feel too sorry for Astros and Mets with their injuries compared to a small market star like a Jose Ramirez going down. That said...if the US doesn't win against Japan, how many owners will be willing to potentially sacrifice their $30+ million starting pitchers? Not many will think it's as important as the Asian and Latin American players do to win the WBC no matter what.
March 21, 20233 yr A fitting end, the two best baseball teams colliding. Should be an interesting match. Darvish has familiarity with all these players and vice versa. The US is sending a mid pitcher against the Japanese staff. Who will blink first?
March 21, 20233 yr 15 hours ago, caulfield12 said: mobile.twitter.com › status 7 hours ago · The starting pitching matchup will be Yu Darvish vs. Merrill Kelly if Japan advances to face USA in the WBC championship, per... Should have done it with two outs instead for more drama lol. I’m now seeing that Japan is going to start Shota Imanaga? Which is interesting. He throws like 91 but there’s something about his fastball that seems to make it exceptionally hard to square up.
March 21, 20233 yr 13 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said: I’m now seeing that Japan is going to start Shota Imanaga? Which is interesting. He throws like 91 but there’s something about his fastball that seems to make it exceptionally hard to square up. Also he's a lefty but apparently is hell on righties. Should be interesting - guessing he'll have a short leash with Darvish and Ohtani in reserve.
March 21, 20233 yr 6 hours ago, Kyyle23 said: This is like how Argentina is good with Messi. France is good with Mbappe. But PSG, which has them both on it, is not that good (at least in Champions League).
March 21, 20233 yr Author Makes a lot of sense that you try to go with the unfamiliar pitcher and sneak 2+ innings in. A different version of going to Crochet early in Game 3 against the A's. Or even Ohtani depending on matchup/situations. Then bring in Darvish as the brudge to get to the last 2-3 innings of the game.
March 21, 20233 yr Here we go ! I hope the Japanese manager's strategy of changing starting pitcher to Imanaga backfires.
March 21, 20233 yr TA doesn't care what your splits are. If you're a lefty he's getting a hit off you.
March 21, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, chw42 said: That looked way better off the bat I totally expected it to carry out
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