What’s the plan for next season

[YouthofToday]

This team will continually be stuck with 70-75 wins as long as Arte is owner.

Arte is the problem. 
 

the angels are simply irrelevant. 

[khouse]

On 9/7/2023 at 11:49 PM, Tank said:

oh no, my friend. for a meeting this significant, we're pulling out the big guns and going to the olive garden.

the endless salad bowl is the game changer.

Sorry but endless salad bowls are only for WINNERS!

[FromJapan]

Yamamoto (Orix Buffaloes, NPB) is scheduled to appear on the mound today, September 16th (Japan standard time). The Yankees vice president of baseball operations Tim Naehring and Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer are scheduled to scout, and it seems that another unidentified GM will be sounting as well. The Yankees will also inspect Roki Sasaki (Chiba Lotte Marines, NPB), who is scheduled to pitch tomorrow.

eference in Japanese: Full-Count on September 15 (Japanese sports media)

 

[greginpsca]

18 hours ago, FromJapan said:

Yamamoto (Orix Buffaloes, NPB) is scheduled to appear on the mound today, September 16th (Japan standard time). The Yankees vice president of baseball operations Tim Naehring and Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer are scheduled to scout, and it seems that another unidentified GM will be sounting as well. The Yankees will also inspect Roki Sasaki (Chiba Lotte Marines, NPB), who is scheduled to pitch tomorrow.

eference in Japanese: Full-Count on September 15 (Japanese sports media)

 

So you're saying he is going to be a Met?

[Vlad27Trout27]

1. Figure out wtf happened to the pitching staff! almost every one went took a step back.

2. Pitching once again should be the focus! 

3. did the mart and if we reject the options, we'd have 100 mil to spend.

4. We need 2 starters, # 2 or better 

5. after we get those two starter than determine other needs.

[Kotchman]

Next year we’re going to lose 100 games. 

[Stradling]

26 minutes ago, Kotchman said:

Next year we’re going to lose 100 games. 

For the first time in club history?  I doubt it. 

[FromJapan]

2 hours ago, greginpsca said:

So you're saying he is going to be a Met?

Many teams are interested in acquiring Yamamoto, so the competition is expected to be fierce. I don't know where he will go.

The Mets are rebuilding, so they have traded away Scherzer and Verlander in an effort to rejuvenate their pitching staff. As such, they are one of the leading candidates.

[Kotchman]

58 minutes ago, Stradling said:

For the first time in club history?  I doubt it. 

90-95 is a given. If trout is traded, we’re looking at 95-100. 

[Kotchman]

Hell, if we don’t win some games this weekend we might lose 90 this year. 

[BTH]

2 hours ago, Kotchman said:

Next year we’re going to lose 100 games. 

next year, they're gonna win more games than they do in 2023.

[Kotchman]

2 hours ago, BTH said:

next year, they're gonna win more games than they do in 2023.

Well the bar isn’t all that high. That said we better spend some cash on the right guys

[Halo in Chicago]

I’d like to see our starters get through 5 innings before getting to 100 pitches…

[REDneck]

The plan for next year should be to draft well and make savvy organizational decisions. That should be the plan going forward and needs to start immediately.

[FromJapan]

(MLB.com on September 22) The best Japanese players who may soon join MLB

Seven NPB players are featured in this article. Not all of the players are necessarily the "best". 
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
  (Stats in NPB) https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/53355134.html
  Already posted on this Topic and others.
Kazuma Okamoto
 (Stats in NPB) https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/11515130.html
 The Giants rarely allow their players to transfer via posting.
Shota Imanaga
 (Stats in NPB) https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/01305132.html
 Already posted on this Topic.
Yuki Matsui
  (Stats in NPB) https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/81285139.html
Naoyuki Uwasawa
  (Stats in NPB) https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/51355135.html
  Already posted on this Topic.
Kona Takahashi
  (Stats in NPB) https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/71075130.html
Masahiro Tanaka
 (Stats in NPB)  https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/11215114.html

 

 

On 9/1/2023 at 3:40 PM, TroutField said:

So, I don’t see a path to contention for the near future. I don’t see how the collection of decent young players we have graduated to the majors, paired with a bunch of free agents is going to somehow ever work. Trout and Rendon are injury prone and past their prime, the pitching staff all took a step back this year, entire bullpen needs to be rebuilt, will need a new manager and coaching staff, the list goes on and on. We are all well aware of all the issues. 

On September 20th (Japan standard time), Orix Buffaloes, to which pitcher Yamamoto belongs, won the Pacific League* title for the third consecutive year. In addition to Yamamoto, the Buffaloes have several excellent starter pitchers and closers. Some of them may express a desire to move to MLB in the near future.
*, NPB consists of 2 leagues with 6 teams each.

Among them, Soichiro Yamazaki actually hopes to play in the MLB. He is 25 years old, playing his seventh season in NPB, and is eligible for posting to MLB. He underwent TJ surgery in 2019. Although he did not have a chance to pitch, he was added to this year's WBC Japanese team. 

Soichiro Yamazaki
  (Stats in NPB) https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/33335134.html

When he was in high school, he was called "Darvish at Hokuriku*".
*, Hokuriku is the regional name where his high school is located.

Edited September 24, 2023 by FromJapan
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