If Japanese RHP Roki Sasaki were to indeed come to the MLB through international free agency, we would immediately have Sasaki as our #1 prospect in baseball.
There appears to be a real possibility that 22-year-old phenom Roki Sasaki is posted next year.
If that’s the case, Sasaki would initially miss out on hundreds of millions…but every single MLB team would be financially capable of signing him.
A repeat of Ohtani 2017 🧵
Overall, the #Padres got a great return for 1 year of Juan Soto, and 2 years of Trent Grisham.
The Padres brought in a bunch of diverse pitchers into their rotation who feature these pitches that stand out:
King-Sinker, Sweeper
Thorpe-Slider, Changeup
Vásquez-Curveball, Slider/Cutter
Brito-Fastball, Changeup
From Kings, Vásquez, and Brito’s movement and break, to Thorpe’s command, the Padres got 4 great additions.
In the past years, the #Padres struggled to develop pitchers with great analytics and movement. Now, they have the opportunity to develop 3 young pitchers (Thorpe, Vásquez, Brito) who already bring good analytics under one of, if not, the best pitching coach in the league, Ruben Niebla.
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@EricCross04 @TatisMVPszn
The New York #Yankees traded for Juan Soto, and in return, gave up RHP Michael King, RHP Drew Thorpe, RHP Randy Vazquez, RHP Jhony Brito, and C Kyle Higashioka. In this thread, we will be discussing about the pitchers the #Padres got in return.
Lastly, is RHP, Jhony Brito. In 90.1 innings at the big league level last year, Brito had a 4.28 era with a Fip of 4.74, and a 9.2 SwStr%. Brito brings velocity throwing his fastball up to 98, and could play a big role for the #Padres next year.
#Marlins rookie Eury Perez had a dominant rookie season this year, the 20 year old put up a 3.15 ERA, 10.6 K/9, 3.05 BB/9, 4.11 FIP, and a 83.3 LOB%, Perez beat hitters with his great fastball and slider.
Here are all 108 of Perez’s 2023 rookie season strikeouts! #MakeItMiami
The Cubs are calling up top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong! The 21 Year Old Outfielder is expected to make his MLB Debut tomorrow against Colorado! #NextStartsHere
Mason Adams with the Friday start for the #Barons. A lot of deep counts and foul balls from a disciplined club ran his pitch count up. He goes 3.2 innings and allows 1R on 3H and 4BB. He strikes out 4 on 56/89. #WhiteSox