MLB 2018 regular season thread

And yet it's mostly pitchers who come from Japan to MLB. Ichiro and Hideki Matsui are the only notable hitters to come from Japan.

 

But Passan quoted a lot of experts saying otherwise.

Do you not trust experts?

 

When baseball meets his bat resulting in a screaming line drive, the ball actually screams. In coming to America with a name previously spelled two ways, he tells everyone to get the 'H' outta there. When walking the streets of Orange County with his mother, babies stop to admire him.

He is the most interesting man in the baseball world. He is Shohei Ohtani, a star baseball player with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. They are, for the first time in nearly a generation, the most interesting team in Southern California. Which means they are more interesting than the Los Angeles Dodgers.

It's Official: Angels With Shohei Ohtani Are More Interesting Than Dodgers

 

Dave Roberts

 

Nice pull.

Roberto-Bobby-Roberto Kelly is also intrigued.

 

Funny, Ohtani only had 14 spring training PAs on March 9 when Passan declared that the verdict was in on his bat, and that it's not good.

14 exhibition, spring training, practice plate appearances for Passan and the scouts who "believe he cannot hit at the major league level today".

 

So?

 

I didn't catch this part when I read the column yesterday.
"believe he cannot hit at the major league level today".

Beautiful.

 

They might be right. We don't know yet. It's too early to tell.

 

78-home-run pace -- maybe even 80 -- says otherwise lol

 

Probably a little lower now after last night's Bryce Harper Memorial Planned Day of Rest for a Virile 23-Year-Old Male.

 

The Braves are on pace to win 97 games this season. But unfortunately they'll still lose the division to the Mets, who will apparently win a record-smashing 144 games.