Explaining the new ‘kick-change’ pitch. Plus: Ohtani or Betts the better athlete?
On Monday, Hart, now 32, took the mound for the Padres and dropped his career ERA almost four runs, allowing two earned in ...
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Mets’ Kodai Senga unleashes new Miracle Ball pitch during Grapefruit League game
This 63.5 mph curveball, Kodai Senga said ... and butter in a two-strike count. It is also Senga’s signature pitch, similar to Shohei Ohtani’s sweeper and Los Angeles Dodger teammate Roki ...
From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
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"East Coast Is Tougher": Kodai Senga Admits New York's Challenging Aspect Made Him Avoid Dodgers
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, and Roki Sasaki are a few Japanese players with the Dodgers. However, the tide turned when the Japanese phenom Kodai Senga opted to join the Mets. A different ...
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From Nomo to Ichiro to Ohtani: Japan's baseball rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Two-way Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is widely considered the best player in the ... The New York Mets are hoping Kodai Senga can regain his 2023 form, when the right-hander was an All-Star at the top ...
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'Paint Japan blue': How the Dodgers' vision of Japanese prominence became reality
Shohei Ohtani, center, gestures to teammate Yoshinobu ... representing Darvish, Kodai Senga, Seiya Suzuki and Yamamoto too. But even Joel Wolfe, the executive vice president and managing executive ...
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Could Mets swipe Munetaka Murakami from Yankees, Dodgers next year?
Ever since signing elite starting pitcher Kodai Senga in December 2022 ... Yoshinobu Mamamoto, and Shohei Ohtani) to come from Japan in recent years (although they signed Ohtani from the Los ...
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‘Paint Japan blue’: How the Dodgers’ vision of Japanese prominence became reality
Ohtani, Yamamoto and Sasaki are Dodgers ... representing Darvish, Kodai Senga, Seiya Suzuki and Yamamoto too. But even Joel Wolfe, the executive vice president and managing executive of ...
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Can Anyone Stop the Dodgers From Repeating as World Series Champs?
Shohei Ohtani, who won two American League MVP awards with the ... leaving reliever-turned-starter Clay Holmes to anchor the pitching staff along with Kodai Senga. “Clearly, you don’t want to lose two ...