Corner IF Options
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Re: Corner IF Options
I'll look it up later, but Joe Sheehan found that Japanese pitchers since Nomo have acquired the bulk of their bWAR in their first two years. It's not predictive of Darvish, but it's something I'm sure teams are considering.
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Re: Corner IF Options
Interesting. Something to consider for Mikolas, too.Farewell Friends wrote:I'll look it up later, but Joe Sheehan found that Japanese pitchers since Nomo have acquired the bulk of their bWAR in their first two years. It's not predictive of Darvish, but it's something I'm sure teams are considering.
I wonder if that will be changing. I would assume that some of it is scouting/lack of tape. A lot of clubs did not have a big scouting presence in Japan as recently as a few years ago, whereas a typical US minor leaguer has been scouted extensively for 5-10 years by nearly every club in the game. Very little mystery when they come up.
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