Re: [情報] 西岡剛

[Westmoreland (Westy)]

From Keith Law


西岡剛

Nishioka has reportedly asked his NPB club, Chiba Lotte Marines, to post him
this offseason, and I can see why, as he's coming off a career year driven by
an unusual and probably unsustainable spike in his batting average on balls
in play. Nishioka has that Ichiro-style, half-out-of-the-box, no-leverage
swing, but isn't the same kind of runner Ichiro is and can't use that swing
to generate a bunch of extra ground ball hits. He has below-average power and
struggles with fastballs over about 92 mph, and he may have to move to second
base when he comes over. He has posted very good walk rates in Japan,
however, and if that translates over here he can be valuable as an everyday
guy on a second-division club.


岩隈久志

Iwakuma projects as more of a mid- to back-of-the-rotation guy than an ace
despite his record in Japan, which includes a Sawamura Award (their
equivalent to the Cy Young). He pitches differently than most of the Japanese
pitchers who have come over, with a more conventional delivery and a
pitch-to-contact approach that yields ground balls and few walks but not many
strikeouts. He's 6-foot-3 and strong, getting good downhill plane on the
ball, and likes to pitch backward, throwing a lot of sliders early in the
count. He has a plus two-seamer, a splitter and a big slow curveball, as well
as a four-seamer that's mostly 88-92. He tries to pitch down in the zone,
only elevating the ball to change a hitter's eye level, and has been more
effective against left-handed hitters, throwing two-seamers away and sliders
at their back feet. However, he missed most of 2006 and part of 2007 due to
injury, and like most Japanese starters has a history of very heavy use. In
addition, Japanese hitters are taught to swing down at the ball, which works
to his advantage, but he won't have that benefit when facing MLB hitters who
are geared to hit line drives. Guys who don't miss bats in an inferior league
worry me, but I like Iwamura's approach and willingness to use his off-speed
stuff in any count, so for a team looking for a potential No. 4, he's a solid
option.


--
※ 編輯: Westmoreland    來自: 118.160.69.158       (11/27 17:49)
推 tirple:反正西岡再爛也不會比雙城那幾個工具組爛了...
推 tirple:今年雙城有個MI OPS+ 23  還可以先發30場
→ tirple:還有另外一個OPS+ 69 先發77場....
→ newtype28:Punto是因為Hardy受傷才會先發這麼多場,你拿西岡跟一個
→ newtype28:受傷替補level的球員比不對吧
推 hit10116:Punto前幾年不是一直都是先發麻
推 chrisinptt:Punto 真的爛爆..不知道為啥能先發
推 immortalqq:Punto 不貴 而且守備還可以
推 maxspeed150:Punto是守備好的工具人啊 雖然打擊可能是MLB最爛之一
推 tirple:Punto一年四百萬，也不算便宜吧...
→ god2:廚餘桶這樣危險耶
推 roverchi:樓上害我笑了...
推 keroro01:應該會被桶吧