NPB To MLB: 7 Players To Watch
By Dai Takegami Podziewski | April 21, 2023 at 11:15am CDT
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This series will keep track of NPB players who may be making their way to the ML
B in the near future.
Let’s get started with players who may be available in the 2023 offseason.
Players likely available in the 2023 offseason (most rumored or have publicly an
nounced desire to play in MLB)
1. Yoshinobu Yamamoto(山本由伸/歐力士)
24歲
178cm/80KG
2023年薪:6.5億日幣
As MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes wrote in his recent 2023 FA class power rankings, Yamamo
to’s contract could exceed Masahiro Tanaka’s contract with the Yankees in 2014
. Tim wrote: “Ten years after the Tanaka deal, I feel Yamamoto is indeed capabl
e of reaching $200MM before accounting for a posting fee.”
MLBTR認為他能拿超過200M的合約(不含入札金)
2. Yuki Matsui(松井裕樹/樂天金鷲)
27歲
174cm/74KG
2023年薪:2.5億日幣
Matsui is on track to become a true international free agent this offseason, so
he won’t need to utilize the posting system to gauge interest from MLB clubs.
將在本季結束取得海外FA，想要的球團不用入札金就能簽
3. Shota Imanaga(今永昇太/橫濱DeNA灣星)
29歲
178cm/86KG
2023年薪:1.2億日幣
Imanaga has expressed his desire to pitch in the big leagues since 2021 but won
’t be an overseas free agent until the 2025 season.
要到2025年才能取得海外FA
Sponichi reported in December that Imanaga planned to sign with the U.S.-based
agency Octagon to help talks toward a posting agreement. The Baystars have never
posted a player before, so it is unclear if they are open to posting Imanaga.
不知道橫濱是否願意給他入札
4. Kona Takahashi(髙橋光成/西武獅)
26歲
190cm/105KG
2023 年薪:1.8億日幣
Takahashi called MLB “the world’s greatest peak” and said he was inspired by
former teammate and now Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi. “Yusei-san cha
nged my baseball career. I want to give back to him by performing at the highest
level and even surpassing him, ” Takahashi said.
受到前隊友菊池雄星的啟發而想去挑戰大聯盟
He attended Game 4 of the 2022 World Series in Philadelphia and said “The atmos
phere was amazing and I thought that I’d love to pitch here [in MLB].”
去年也跑去費城看世界大賽G4
Despite Takahashi’s wishes, the Lions may not post him this offseason. Lions GM
Hisanobu Watanabe said that there are no plans as of right now to post Takahash
i.
只不過西武目前沒計劃給他入札的樣子
The right-hander wants to be posted in the near future since the earliest he can
earn his overseas free-agent rights is 2026.
他要到2026才能取得海外FA
5. Naoyuki Uwasawa(上澤直之/日本火腿鬥士)
29歲
187cm/89KG
2023年薪:1.7億日幣
Uwasawa announced his desire to pitch in the majors at his contract negotiations
last December and requested to be posted in the 2023 offseason.
在去年和球團談約時，宣佈想去大聯盟的想法
並要求2023讓他入札
He said that he was inspired when he participated in the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star
Series. “I’ve always wondered what it’s like to play in a league with player
s coming from around the globe, and it’s the type of experience I can’t miss i
f I have the chance to. I only have a limited amount of time to take on the chal
lenge, so if I have the opportunity I would take it,” Uwasawa said.
是受到2018年參加美日明星賽的啟發
要去美國掏金了嗎XD