Bill Pennington had a great story in today’s New York Times about the forgotten $46 million dollar man, Kei Igawa, who has been toiling away in Scranton over the past few years. The absolute failure of his major league career did not sour Igawa on American baseball, Pennington writes, and he has continued to [...]
Ah, the Bizarre Moves from Seasons Past series. I had a lot of fun with this last offseason, but I hadn’t penned one this year, primarily due to the fact that no ideas for new posts had popped into my head. Until now. [...]
Nippon Professional Baseball superstar Yu Darvish, a 24-year-old righthander who, by many accounts, is not only the best pitcher in Japan but may have the potential to become one of the best starting pitchers in Major League Baseball, recently took over the comment thread of [...]
Here’s an interesting item on Kei Igawa from the NY Times‘ Joe LaPointe:
Despite having two seasons left on a five-year, $20 million contract and despite retiring all five hitters in his spring debut Friday, Igawa is mostly out of sight and pretty much out of mind. He is rarely mentioned in conversations [...]
According to Joel Sherman of the NY Post, in a last-ditch effort to extract some level of value from Japanese southpaw, Kei Igawa, who ultimately cost the team over $46 million (posting fee and a four-year contract) and forced the front office to reevaluate its scouting program, the Yankees have decided to use [...]
In the aftermath of the Aroldis Chapman signing and the Yankees’ general frugality this offseason, Kei Igawa of all people popped into my head the other day. In a time and place that seems especially far away from the present day, the Yankees spent a total of $46 [...]
From NPB:
Sanspo has gotten a hold of Yusei Kikuchi’s meeting schedule over the rest of the month, leading up to the draft. Here’s the breakdown:
Oct 16: meetings with Hanshin, Seibu, and Orix
Oct 17: Chunichi, Yakult, Nippon Ham, Chiba Lotte, Hiroshima, Rakuten and others
Oct 19: begin meeting with [...]
A few notable performances from the last two days:
1) Joba Chamberlain seems to be rounding into form, allowing just one run on four hits and five K’s in 3.1 innings. Although he still needs to do some work in regard to finishing off batters and reducing his pitch count, he seems to be about [...]
In three games this spring, Kei Igawa has pitched 5 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits and no walks while striking out 4. Chad Jennings took note of this and pointed out the following:
If it weren’t for the fact that he’s, you know, Kei Igawa, I think we’d be discussing him as a legitimate [...]
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