looking ahead......

[guitarmy21b]

You're taking his Japanese numbers and stating our young pitchers would have to match them in MLB. The comparison is implicit in your statement.

No I was implying they'd have to match his numbers in AAA

 

[jta4437]

That implication would be lost on most people

 

[romeo212000]

No I was implying they'd have to match his numbers in AAA

Well I didn't catch that. Even then you have to consider whether you're willing to drop ace type cash on a potential AAAA pitcher.

 

[guitarmy21b]

That implication would be lost on most people

If I was implying that they should wait till they're in the MLB before being compared I wouldn't have called them prospects.

 

[scotsman1948]

Colby and other American pitchers that have gone over there have said that the Japanese pitchers are a cut above the kids over here in AA and AAA.

 

[jta4437]

Yet they get here and they're as a whole mediocre

 

[scotsman1948]

Yet they get here and they're as a whole mediocre

and how many pitchers come up from the minors with good credentials and fail?

 

[jta4437]

and how many pitchers come up from the minors with good credentials and fail?

how many cost 100 million to do so?

 

[jta4437]

You keep making this about talent, its not, i dont doubt he's talented

its about paying a truckload of money to a guy who has proven nothing other than he looks good pitching on youtube

 

[scotsman1948]

how many cost 100 million to do so?

do you know that he will fail? do you have a crystal ball that let's you see that he will fail?

 

[guitarmy21b]

Were not talking about a really good Japanese pitcher with a lot of hype... were talking about arguably the best in Japanese history and he's only 25...some more respect than saying he's only proven himself on YouTube, please.

 

[romeo212000]

do you know that he will fail? do you have a crystal ball that let's you see that he will fail?

100m is a pretty big gamble to find out.

 

[scotsman1948]

100m is a pretty big gamble to find out.

well several teams will be willing to go that extra to get him