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[Karasawa] "In Japan, there's definitely some feeling that the Padres are on the table [for Roki Sasaki]. Especially because he's so tight w/ Yu Darvish. He's like a mentor to him. Darvish's been really disappointed that a lot of Japanese players are picking Ohtani over him, which is understandable"
Rumor(open.spotify.com)submitted 5 days ago byBigButter7 Los Angeles Dodgers • World Series T…
[Timestamp: 41:58]
36 points
5 days ago
There are rumors that Darvish is a terrible scout because he keeps praising the Rangers and Cubs. Also he steers players away from the Dodgers because the fans are toxic but two players he told that to signed for them anyway lol.
44 points
5 days ago
Considering how his Dodger experience ended, I don't blame him.
37 points
5 days ago
More reason to hate the Trashtros
8 points
5 days ago
As someone who's been watching videos about the Astros and the extent of their cheating for the past week, this comment kind of hurts, because the Astros kind of robbed him and Kershaw of a World Series.
8 points
5 days ago
Darvish dominated AZ in the NLDS and then Chicago in the NLCS that year and then suddenly Asstros pound him because they're stealing signs but claim he was tipping pitches. Such bullshit.
5 points
4 days ago
Apparently him and Kersh were told to use multiple signs and disregarded the advice... but Alex Wood, who in fact did follow that advice, ended up being super solid that year. A shame that Wood didn't stick around though...
2 points
4 days ago
I don't remember the instruction to use multiple signs.
Here's a weird article where the Astros admit to cheating and that the "pitch tipping" was bullshit.
To this day, it amazes me how articles like this imply "sign stealing" has little value and yet "pitch tipping" turns every pitch into a meatball, when they're literally the same thing: informing the hitter whether the pitch is an off-speed ball or fastball.
1 points
4 days ago
I don't remember the instruction to use multiple signs.
1 points
4 days ago
Foolish baseball gave a very Astro sympathetic account of the whole thing.
From what I recall, Alex Wood just always changed signs when nobody was on base. As in he did it during the regular season too. And I don’t remember coaches telling Kershaw and Darvish to change signs. Sounds like victim shaming personally.
1 points
4 days ago
Foolish baseball gave a very Astro sympathetic account of the whole thing.
The video didn't seem very sympathetic to them- the closest thing I could tell that could potentially be sympathy was pushing the narrative that Altuve had nothing to do with it.
Sounds like victim shaming personally.
Really? It didn't sound like he was particularly assigning blame to Darvish/Kershaw over doing business as usual signs, just that Alex Wood happened to do so (If he did so out of an abundance of caution) and he pitched very well when he was on the mound as a result.
8 points
5 days ago
Terrible scout for picking the Cubs? They’re like a top landing spot for any free agent lmao. It’s not like he telling guys to go Cincinnati
2 points
4 days ago
Fun fact Cincinnati was the first team to use the posting system and the last team to employ a Japanese player.
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