[情報] Red Sox love Junichi Tazawa - 美國職棒

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作者: lalawow (lalawow) 站內: MLB
標題: [情報] Red Sox love Junichi Tazawa
時間: Sun Mar 22 22:47:01 2009

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The Red Sox were not expecting the world from Tazawa, only 22 and going through his first experiences in a new country and a new level of baseball, having arrived from Japan’s Industrial League. He surpassed the team’s most optimistic hopes, allowing one run in nine innings. “Lights out,” Terry Francona said.

Tazawa walked one and struck out 10. He threw his curveball with precision and got batters to swing and miss it. His 1.1-second delivery to the plate from the stretch is the fastest among all Red Sox pitchers. “You’ve got to get a bunch of hits to score off him,” Francona said. “You steal on him, and he doesn’t walk anybody.” The only thing he needs now is more experience, particularly with his wind-up delivery.

“He’s one of the most impressive things this entire camp,” pitching coach John Farrell said last week. “Not just from his physical abilities and the way he’s gone out there, but the way he’s handled himself in and around the entire spring training – the early bullpens, and really in early BP, when he was facing hitters in our lineup. He doesn’t back away from any challenges. He doesn’t become tentative. I think his natural confidence in his own ability has been very impressive.”


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