"Best potential → Best starting pitcher" ML interest in perfect monster, detailed scouting report 'Attention'

"Best potential → Best starting pitcher" ML interest in perfect monster, detailed scouting report 'Attention'

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The U.S. is paying keen attention to Loki Sasaki (23, Chiba Lotte).

The Major League's official website, MLB.com , reported Sasaki's scouting report on the 14th (Korea time).온라인바카라

Sasaki made a name for himself by achieving a perfect game in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was the youngest ever in the league. Despite this, his performance was not very good. Until last season, he failed to meet the required number of innings due to injury and inning management.

The same was true this year. He had to be satisfied by posting 10 wins for the first time since his debut. While posting 10 wins, he obtained permission from his team.

He has no experience in full-time digestion, but the U.S. received high scores at an early age. "Sasaki is scheduled to pitch at the age of 23 in the 2025 season. When Shohei Ohtani made his big league debut, he was more than three years younger than Yoshinobu Yamamoto," MLB.com said. "Sasaki, who debuted in NPB in 2021, received attention from overseas scouting departments from the WBC."

He also shared the reviews of several scouts. One international scout said, "He's as good as he's known. He's ideally predictable, slim and has an athletic build. He has excellent arm movement and delivery, and he has more than three strong pitches. He had the best potential."

Another scouting director said, "In my opinion, he is the best starting pitcher. I wouldn't call him Otani, but he is comparable from a pitcher's point of view. I have watched him since he was 19 years old, and I have seen him throw for the national team. He has explosive arms."

The third scout gave a thumbs up, likening it to "I remember Noah Syndergaard when he was young."

He also evaluated Sasaki's pitching style. First, it's a fastball. "Sasaki's fastball scores at least 70 points on the 20-80 scale, and rarely can he show off an 80 point scale," MLB.com said. In this regard, 20-80 is an indicator of players' talent, with the lowest 20 points and the highest 80 points.

The media said, "Sasaki recorded a maximum of 102 miles per hour (164 kilometers) and averaged 98.8 miles per hour (159 kilometers) in 2023. Some scouts think this year is the reason for the decrease in swing and miss compared to last year, but it's not a big problem unless it's an injury."

Regarding Sasaki's main weapon splitter, he said, "The ratio of inducing swings and misses of the splitters in 2024 was 57.1 percent. The MLB average last season was 34.5 percent. Sasaki ranked second among pitchers who induced more than 100 swings and misses with the splitter."

"When I saw his bullpen pitching, I thought it would be one of the best pitchers I've ever seen," pitcher James Dyckstra, who played for Sasaki and Chiba Lotte, said. "No one has this tremendous talent."

The three-pitch slider is also rated good. "Some scouts believe that the pitch will be above average, if not positive," the media said. "The ratio of inducing swings and misses by pitching in the range of 83 to 85 miles is 40.7 percent. In 2023, the ratio was high at 48.6 percent. I got plus points."

MLB.com said, "The clubs participating in the recruitment of Sasaki may question his small drop in speed, but no team will raise the issue." Sasaki is a starting pitcher with a 2.35 ERA, 10.5 strikeouts per 9 innings, and 2.6 walks per 9 innings last year. As one scout pointed out, Sasaki is definitely an advantage compared to the teenage players on the list of top 50 international prospects in 2025. He is expected to join the starting rotation, even if he is not the starting pitcher for the 2025 opening game."