After watching him pitch, I was so amazed. Hideki Kuriyama named “Shunpei Yamashita”: The future will be the level of Ohtani and Darvish.
The famous director Kuriyama Hideki, who led the Japanese team to win the WBC championship, and the second director Hirokazu Ibata recently visited the spring training bases of the Japanese professional teams non-stop. Orix, which can be called the kingdom of pitchers, is naturally a treasure trove of talents. Not only the most representative Yushin Yamamoto, but also many young pitchers are considered to be expected to appear in the top 12, European team exchange games and other international competitions, especially those who broke out of their cocoons last year. Out, Hideki Kuriyama was amazed by winning the Yanglian Newcomer King’s “Shunpei Yamashita”.
At the foot of the mountain, Shun Ping was great. (Photo/Pacific Alliance TV YouTube)
Japanese media “Sankei Sports” reported that when Hideki Kuriyama visited the Orix base, he carefully observed Yamashita. Although it was “just started” at this stage and only 26 balls were used to test his skills, the fastest speed was reached without using all his strength. At the 152-kilometer level, I also tried a few of last year’s weapon balls “curveball and forkball.” After watching Yamashita, Hideki Kuriyama immediately praised “The performance is great!”, and even thought of his protégé Shohei Otani and Shuyu Tatsuhi, who was also born in Nippon Ham (すばらしい.だろうなと思う).
Hearing Kuriyama Hideki compare himself to Japan’s leading pitcher, Yamashita replied humbly with honorifics, “My ability is far from that. I hope to have more performances. I am very happy to be compared with such an outstanding player.” Regarding the goals for the new season, Yamashita said that he hopes to complete the entire season smoothly. The prescribed number of innings (143 innings) is the most basic, and he hopes to contribute more wins to the team.
At the foot of the mountain, Shun Ping was great. (Photo/Pacific Alliance TV YouTube)
For athletes, posture is also a very important aspect. At 190 centimeters tall, he implemented a weight gain plan at the end of the season. While implementing five meals a day, he also combined various weight training. He has now gained 5 kilograms and looks stronger. The Japanese media “Tokyo Sports” unanimously mentioned “Darvish”. The originally lanky Darvish gained a lot of weight before the 2007 season, which became the basis of the “Musou Model” that year. In the end, he managed 207.2 innings, 15 wins, 12 shutouts, and an ERA of 1.28. In the forest where Japan was forced to surrender. “Tokyo Sports” calls the body transformation project “Dalification”, hoping that Yamashita can follow the successful model of his predecessors.
Although there was a rumor in the year before last that “Japan’s No. 1 debuted on the board”, the coaching staff of Nakajima Satoshi may have considered the pressure of squeezing the talent and short-term decisive battles, and then gave up. After sufficient adjustments, it was changed to the opening game of 2023. Saitama Seibu performed well in the first game, starting 16 times throughout the season. Scored 9 wins and 3 losses.
Not only did he record wins and losses, he also struck out 100 times in 95 innings, and his number of hits and hits was extremely low, with 71 hits and 2 hits respectively. Looking closely at the pitches, not only does it have a straight line of 160 kilometers, it is rated as one of the “Top Five Fastballs” that is the most difficult to hit in the Japanese professional league. The two change pitches are also of a high level. The curve ball has a batting average of 1.61% and the fingerball is as low as 0. into 65. Based on the traditional concept of Japanese starting pitchers focusing on diversified ball distribution, is three pitches enough? Will there be a fourth ball type? Makes people curious.
Looking back on the classic battle, it is undoubtedly the “first career win” against Tohoku Lotte.
Facing strong pitches, Yamashita was not inferior, with a top speed of 157 and a soft curveball with a speed difference of more than 30 kilometers, which seemed to turn the game into a personal strikeout show. He gave away 10K without giving up in 5 innings, and Lotte started. He struck out 8 of the 9 at-bats and led the team to a 6-0 win. After this campaign, he became known as the “Monster”.
Review of Shunpei Yamashita’s strikeout show against Lotte in April 2023:https://www.sportsv.net/articles/102501
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2024-02-08 11:08:36
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