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Old 03-30-2025, 12:17 PM
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Way too early to make assumptions. Nothing from his abbreviated 2024 season or his limited spring training appearances suggests an issue with control. IMO yesterday’s start is probably more of an outlier than an expectation. I’ve read the Dodgers spent some time this spring tweaking his mechanics and most of his misses Saturday were to his arm side so I wonder if he was trying to over adjust. Anywho… I think he’ll be fine.
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Way too early to make assumptions. Nothing from his abbreviated 2024 season or his limited spring training appearances suggests an issue with control. IMO yesterday’s start is probably more of an outlier than an expectation. I’ve read the Dodgers spent some time this spring tweaking his mechanics and most of his misses Saturday were to his arm side so I wonder if he was trying to over adjust. Anywho… I think he’ll be fine.
Two games mean nothing in baseball. And maybe he was just nervous/too amped up from his first US start. His strikeout to walk ratio in Japan was off the charts. I suspect at least in that respect he will settle down. Whether he's truly Cy Young material, we'll have to wait a while to know.
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I watched the game on TV. Certainly looked like nerves to me. 2 or 3 more starts like this and I would start to get concerned.
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He definitely looks like a head case out there. He's lucky he's got Dave Roberts managing him. If it were some guy like Tony La Russa, I think Sasaki would be toast.
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He's a 23 year old in a completely foreign setting in a new league with all new teammates. After 2 games people want to write him off? Come on.
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He's a 23 year old in a completely foreign setting in a new league with all new teammates. After 2 games people want to write him off? Come on.
Agreed. I'm sure 29 other teams would be happy to take him off the Dodgers hands if offered the chance.
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To be clear, I'm not writing him off. I'm just saying that Dave Roberts is the right guy to be managing a talented, young pitcher in his second game in a foreign land, who is probably feeling the pressure of a nation on his shoulders.

Can you imagine if Roberts left him in and he gets shelled for 8 runs?
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