That would make for some great post-game reading, if we could get like 10 different summaries of what happened out there. Like getting 10 roto experts' recaps of a draft. As usual Dr. Naka, your observations are fresh.
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Assume that you are talking about centered mitts from MLB catchers when they are calling for offspeed pitches. That's food for thought.
Maybe it is more usual for NPB pitchers to have the command needed to locate their 2nd and 3rd pitches. For many reasons, a high-class curve or change *with bite* will draw a strike in MLB, wherever it is in the zone.
Splitters, in MLB, are understood to be located so as to drop down out of the strike zone. Maybe this is a communication gap. It's possible that MLB catchers intend a certain location, but don't want to give away the location with an early target.
Still, an excellent thought, that maybe NPB pitchers have more command than MLB catchers expect that they do.
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I'll bite. Why do you call him Iwakuni?
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