Let's talk about Yoshinobu Yamamoto

[Lefty Specialist]

Can't blame Uncle Steve for lack of effort. This ain't the Wilpons. Still, it hurts.



That deferral of Ohtani money made this possible. And boy, 12 years for a pitcher is really rolling the dice, no matter how good he is. Let's hope he morphs into late-era Hideki Irabu.

[Centerfield]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Goddamn Shohei is thicc

Right?



No fucking way the guy on the right throws harder.



Anyway. I guess it's not terrible to miss out on 12 years to a little guy that throws hard. History tells us they don't hold up. But will probably be awesome for 4-5 years if he's everything he's cracked up to be.

[A Boy Named Seo]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Goddamn Shohei is thicc Right? No fucking way the guy on the right throws harder. Anyway. I guess it's not terrible to miss out on 12 years to a little guy that throws hard. History tells us they don't hold up. But will probably be awesome for 4-5 years if he's everything he's cracked up to be.

Total Lincecum vibes (which I only say now cause we lost out on him)

[ashie62]

They are all one UCL away from oblivion



Assumed that the Royals have signed 2020 Mets Michael Wacha and Seth Lugo

[MFS62]

A fan on another site wrote this today:

Only nitpick is that he shows his pitches to the CF camera out of the windup. You can call every splitter. Trash cans will be banging if they don't fix that.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Five runs allowed in one inning in his debut.



It's easy to credit it in part ot facing a stacked Padre lineup in Korea, but hey, I'm glad that wasn't for us.

[Benjamin Grimm]

As I mentioned in another thread, if he had had a Mets debut like that, there would be angst all over the place.



It has me recalling Tom Glavine's first start in 2003. I don't recall how we reacted, but it probably wasn't especially measured.

[smg58]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It has me recalling Tom Glavine's first start in 2003. I don't recall how we reacted, but it probably wasn't especially measured.

It was more measured than for Glavine's last start as a Met.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Yeah but that first Glavine start sucked, and he had no business making it in the first place.

[Edgy MD]

He has a chance for a fresh start, and if he rebounds, what happened in Korea might stay in Korea. But I confess I'm rooting against the Dodgers.



Why would we have ever wanted Tom Glavine? I refuse to believe that happened.

[Benjamin Grimm]

This morning I realized that I had forgotten all about this guy that I spent last offseason coveting.



I looked him up, and he hasn't pitched since June 15. He's been out with a strained rotator cuff. At the time of his injury, he was 6-2, 2.92 in 14 starts. 74 innings. 17 walks and 84 strikeouts.

[Frayed Knot]

I think he's expected back this week but, yeah, not (yet anyway) the break-through star we pined for.