Blue Jays sign Shun Yamaguchi from the NPB to a 2 year contract

[Ray]

 

32 years old, went 16-4 last year with a 2.78 ERA.

 

Video of him in 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Ky2WwnJn8

Edited December 17, 2019 by Ray

[jays4life19]

"Whether this takes them out of the race for Hyun-Jin Ryu remains unknown."

 

lol

[Ray]

2 years, $6M

[G-Snarls]

Well alrighty then

[G-Snarls]

2 years, $3M

 

Nice

[Ray]

Nice

 

My bad, apparently it's $3M each year, so it's 2 years/$6M.

[Abomination]

Interesting. 90mph fastball as a starter, forkball, slider. Has experience both in the pen and as a starter. He could make a nice partner for Font.

[Terminator]

https://www.sanspo.com/baseball/news/20191218/mlb19121804000003-n1.html

 

This is the Japanese media that the tweet is referencing. I'd say it's probably legit, the org that runs the site is legitimate from what I can tell, even if the site itself looks a little iffy. 2 years, 6 mil total.

[Orgfiller]

His last year in the NPB was very good. 170 innings pitched, 188 strikeouts, 60 walks, 2.91 ERA.

[BTS]

Sure

[glory]

[Pendleton]

Neato

[jerb]

 

Ben Nicholson-Smith

@bnicholsonsmith

 

Shun Yamaguchi, 32, posted a 2.78 ERA in Japan this year. Pitched 181 innings, 194 Ks, 64 walks. Allowed just eight HR – in step with a career-long knack for preventing homers (0.8 HR/9)

If #BlueJays add him (@Ken_Rosenthal says he's a target), he'd presumably join rotation mix

[Ray]

Looks like he sits around 90-91 mph on his fastball, but can reach 94. 72 mph curve, 84-86 mph splitter.

[BTS]

I had never heard of this guy 5 minutes ago, but this seems like a pretty interesting signing.

[Orgfiller]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Ky2WwnJn8

 

In the first inning he's throwing a fastball from 88-91 in the few velocity readings I could gather, 77-82 with what appears to be a slider, and a splitter/forkbal in the low 80s. He also mixes in a slow curve in the low 70s, you can see one at 2:41 in the video.

 

Edit: hits 93 mph on the fastball at 3:06

[Terminator]

 

Starting to like this guy more and more.

[Pendleton]

[Laika]

So he's Masahiro Tanaka but drunker. Me likey

[Spanky99]

I had never heard of this guy 5 minutes ago, but this seems like a pretty interesting signing.

 

I'd have rathered the other guy, Kim.

[Spanky99]

So he's Masahiro Tanaka but drunker. Me likey

 

lol

[Orgfiller]

I'd have rathered the other guy, Kim.

 

Because you've heavily scouted both of these players and concluded Kim was more appealing?

[Spanky99]

"Whether this takes them out of the race for Hyun-Jin Ryu remains unknown."

 

lol

 

Well, I don't think he does, likely a reliever, with an SP net.

[Spanky99]

Because you've heavily scouted both of these players and concluded Kim was more appealing?

 

Yes, yes I did. Kim's a Godzilla!

[DigitalRock]

We got our own Tanaka

[Inklink]

OK then.

 

What are the company shills saying?

[wamco]

Shatkins Asian fetish confirmed

[BTS]

Is this the first player the Jays have ever signed out of Korea or Japan?

[jays4life19]

Well, I don't think he does, likely a reliever, with an SP net.

 

This signing has absolutely no impact on Ryu which is why I found it funny he even mentioned it.

[Spanky99]

This signing has absolutely no impact on Ryu which is why I found it funny he even mentioned it.

 

My bad.