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Maeda became a star in Nippon Professional Baseball during eight seasons with the Hiroshima Carp. But he arrived in the U.S. with medical concerns. His physical showed an irregularity, which he asked the team not to discuss publicly, that limited his guaranteed money on an eight-year contract to $25 million. Maeda inherited a four-run lead after a leadoff triple by Chase Utley, a run-scoring single by Justin Turner, a run-scoring double by Crawford and a two-run single by Joc Pederson. The flurry stunned Padres starter Andrew Cashner and calmed Maeda. The rest of the team erupted after the ball landed in the seats in the fourth inning of a 7-0 sweep-clinching victory over the San Diego Padres.
In 2011, his record was 10–12 while having a 2.46 ERA and 178 strikeouts in 31 starts. The 2012 season became far better for Maeda as his record was 14–7 with a 1.53 ERA in 29 starts. In 2013, his record was 15–7 with a 2.10 ERA in 26 starts. In 2014, he went 11–9 with a 2.60 ERA in 27 starts. In 2015, he went 15–8 with a 2.09 ERA in 29 starts.
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That basically ended the Twins' chances, on a night in which their offense did a reasonable job of staying close without the benefit of facing Twins pitching. The group steadied itself as Maeda trotted the bases. His teammates hung back on the bench, feigning ignorance, preparing Maeda for a rookie’s rite of passage. He spread his arms wide and waited for their embrace. The wait was brief, and the admiration ran deep. "Twins' Kenta Maeda falls one inning short in bid for MLB's first no-hitter of 2020".
"The way we've played these games, we've had our guts ripped out over and over again, is what I said." Notice all the blues, pinks and purples at the bottom of the strike zone? We can also see that Maeda has induced the sort of exit velocities a pitcher likes to see when he has kept the ball down. Maeda again began 2019 in the Dodgers starting rotation before transitioning to the bullpen at the end of the season. He made 26 starts , finishing with a 10–8 record and 4.04 ERA with 169 strikeouts. Again, there are a few hard-hit balls among his low strikes, but the majority of those will be put in play on the ground.
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He also became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history to achieve the pitching Triple Crown in the same year. He won the Sawamura Award for the second time in 2015. More than half of the balls hitters have put in play against Maeda have been in the air, and more than one-fifth of those have turned into souvenirs. Now, to be fair, a 22.6% HR/FB ratio is unsustainable, even for the most homer-friendly pitcher in the league.
Maeda is a 6 ft 1 in , 185 lb right-handed pitcher. He throws from a three-quarters arm slot and his Japanese-style windup features a slight pause at the top of his leg kick. On August 18, Maeda pitched a no-hitter through 8 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers.
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His velocity is identical to what it was last season, across the board. He’s throwing the four-seamer far more than he did last year, but the sinker is still part of the mix. Those two, along with his slider, curveball and changeup all check in at the same speeds that they did last season, with certain negligible differences. The problem, though, is that no pitcher can live up and out over the zone with a 91 mph four-seamer. That’s where Maeda continues to run into trouble.
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He won the Sawamura Award as the league's best pitcher in both 2010 and 2015 and was the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history to achieve the pitching Triple Crown. The Carp chose to make him available to Major League Baseball teams through the posting system in December 2015. In the 2013 World Baseball Classic, and said he would use the tournament to assess his desire to compete in MLB, based on how he fared against their hitters. Maeda started two games in the pool rounds, against China and Netherlands, amassing a 2–0 record with 0.00 ERA, 0.30 WHIP, allowing just two hits, one walk striking out 15 in 10 innings. He was the losing pitcher in the semi-finals against Puerto Rico despite only allowing one run in five innings.
The first chart is from 2016, while the second represents what he has done this year. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. About Baseball Reference Batting Glossary, Pitching Glossary, Wins Above Replacement Explainer, WAR data archive, BR Data Coverage, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, ... "Whatever I was doing last year was not the best version of me," he said. He’ll try to find that version in Los Angeles on his one-year contract. It was the first home run of the season for the Dodgers, who to this moment have outscored the Padres 23-0 in three games this season.
Gilberto Celestino remained in the game in Brent Rooker’s spot, but was sent to center field, forfeiting the DH. Therefore, the pitcher was slid into the spot last occupied by Willians Astudillo. This is the 2021 Twins, so a five to two lead was not safe.
In the fourth inning, he hit his second double of the night, and was driven in by Miguel Sano. Of course, Sano then tried to steal second because ahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... Maeda is allowing a lot more fly balls this season, and a larger share of those are ending up in the seats.
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