大谷翔平 - The Official Shohei Ohtani Thread

[Angelsjunky]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Ohtani is a real one.

No, he's The One.

[ScottT]

This guy is amazing.

I really wish Mike Trout was hitting behind him.

I think lineup protection is overblown at times, but Trout vs Gosselin.  Are you kidding me.... there has to be an effect

[WicketMaiden]

Shohei wins AL Player of the Month for July to add to his June award.

https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-joey-votto-are-july-players-of-the-month 

Shohei hit 9 HR's with 19 RBI's across 23 games hitting .282/ .396/ 1.067 OPS.

Shohei also pitched 20 innings of 1.35 ERA ball with 17 Strikeouts.

He is the first player to win back to back AL player of the month awards since 2012.

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 hours ago, WicketMaiden said:

He is the first player to win back to back AL player of the month awards since 2012.

 

Who was the other one?....

[WicketMaiden]

6 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Who was the other one?....

The last guy to do it in 2012? Here's a clue...

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, WicketMaiden said:

The last guy to do it in 2012? Here's a clue...

Dangit, I thought it was Trout. Didnt realize it was Tony Phillips

[FromJapan]

It has been a habit since the Little League era that Ohtani-san breathes to his hand before pitching.

Lucky charm on the glove

In 2015 (NPB era), a swallowtail butterfly (Papilio) was flying around Ohtani-san during the warm‐up before the game. 
On that day, he threw a shutout. 
As a lucky charm, he engraved a swallowtail butterfly on the back style of the glove.

This year (2021), the web of the glove is engraved with Phoenix, which is a symbol of resurrection.

2021 Glove

[AngelsLakersFan]

 

[Chuck]

17 hours ago, FromJapan said:

It has been a habit since the Little League era that Ohtani-san breathes to his hand before pitching.

Lucky charm on the glove

In 2015 (NPB era), a swallowtail butterfly (Papilio) was flying around Ohtani-san during the warm‐up before the game. 
On that day, he threw a shutout. 
As a lucky charm, he engraved a swallowtail butterfly on the back style of the glove.

This year (2021), the web of the glove is engraved with Phoenix, which is a symbol of resurrection.

2021 Glove

Tweeted out this great information @FromJapan from our Twitter account.

Good stuff!! 

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Saw on fhe broadcast last night, in his past 4 starts, he only has 1 walk.

Thats huge. That was the issue with Pitcher Ohtani early on.

His pitching (so far) is overshadowed by his bat. I think many are missing how good of a pitcher he has become

The Yankees inning, and a start against Texas back in May or so were his two bad ones. Every other one hes been dominant as hell

[Angel Oracle]

4 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Saw on fhe broadcast last night, in his past 4 starts, he only has 1 walk.

Thats huge. That was the issue with Pitcher Ohtani early on.

His pitching (so far) is overshadowed by his bat. I think many are missing how good of a pitcher he has become

The Yankees inning, and a start against Texas back in May or so were his two bad ones. Every other one hes been dominant as hell

ERA discounting the NY inning is around a sick 2.20.

[Chuck]

31 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Saw on fhe broadcast last night, in his past 4 starts, he only has 1 walk.

Thats huge. That was the issue with Pitcher Ohtani early on.

His pitching (so far) is overshadowed by his bat. I think many are missing how good of a pitcher he has become

The Yankees inning, and a start against Texas back in May or so were his two bad ones. Every other one hes been dominant as hell

Yeah I can't remember what was exactly said last night on the broadcast but they said something to the effect of you took that outing against the Yankees out his ERA would be sub 2's and he'd be in the conversation for AL CY Young. 

[WicketMaiden]

Shohei's mini-slump with the bat is starting to show up in his WAR calculations.

Despite another quality start Fangraphs has him up just a shade to 6.5 fWAR, while Baseball Reference has him down a couple of points to 6.8 bWAR. He still leads both metrics by more than 1 WAR.

[Chuck]

On 8/4/2021 at 8:58 PM, Chuckster70 said:

Tweeted out this great information @FromJapan from our Twitter account.

Good stuff!! 

 

Crazy, check out how many people have seen this Tweet and the information you provided @FromJapan

 

[Taylor]

I'm still not convinced that FromJapan isn't Ippei.

[Chuck]

 

[ScottT]

According to Tom Verducci, 57% of pitches thrown to Ohtani since July 1 have been outside the strike zone.

Edited August 6, 2021 by ScottT

[ten ocho recon scout]

6 minutes ago, ScottT said:

According to Tom Verducci, 57% of pitches thrown to Ohtani since July 1 have been outside the strike zone.

Assholes

[Blarg]

Yes but the umpires called 80% of those pitches as strikes.

Jerks.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 8/5/2021 at 9:26 AM, Chuckster70 said:

Yeah I can't remember what was exactly said last night on the broadcast but they said something to the effect of you took that outing against the Yankees out his ERA would be sub 2's and he'd be in the conversation for AL CY Young. 

Was wondering about that the other day.

Even as an Angels fan, Ive pretty much underrated his pitching this year.  Im not sure where he rates among the AL best pitchers this year, but id say hes gotta be in the top 20 or so?

[ScottT]

His era is 5th or 6th in the AL?

He's aight

[Chuck]

 

[Blarg]

Really? You posted a vid where the score was 10-3? 

[Angel Oracle]

5 hours ago, Blarg said:

Really? You posted a vid where the score was 10-3? 

Isn’t that supposed to be left up to Pujols (HR when down 7 runs)?

[Chuck]

9 hours ago, Blarg said:

Really? You posted a vid where the score was 10-3? 

The point of the tweet wasn't to highlight the score of the game but to shine a light on Ohtani's exit velo, barrels.