MLB isn't Ready for Yoshinobu Yamamoto ... and he's Not Alone

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MLB isn't Ready for Yoshinobu Yamamoto ... and he's Not Alone

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@jamesmartano6604 9 ай бұрын

Wow 90% unsubscribed is crazy y’all need to show bro some love

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

Comment of the year right here Listen to James everyone!

@resmarted 9 ай бұрын

You need to stop talking like that and not even think about telling me what to do until you do.

@nerychristian 8 ай бұрын

We should all unsubscribe then subscribe at the same time

@jamesmartano6604 8 ай бұрын

@resmarted you sound dumb bro. I been subscribed

@JTDutch 8 ай бұрын

Hello, burner account. Stop scolding your viewers.

@aaronm3416 8 ай бұрын

Back here after he went to the Dodgers. As a Dodger fan I fully accept we are the new evil empire 😂

@AndThatsBaseball 8 ай бұрын

Gotta respect Freidman he had this offseason planned out for a while

@gabbyhyman1246 8 ай бұрын

So glad we're moving beyond yearly rentals and looking for long-term contenders.

@goldmo2427 7 ай бұрын

Without the rings sadly

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

uh 2020 bro just telling you history@@goldmo2427

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

yearly rental? Dude come on? Mr Roboto is hardly a rental. Nor is our big $700 signing. Perhaps the OF, yes. can't remember his name, Teoscar, something like that, but the big signings, hardly a rental @@gabbyhyman1246

@OshiZlebaseball 9 ай бұрын

The 2023 WBC was a huge turning point for the sport. People will be looking at these guys when they come over to the states and will say, Hey didn't this guy play in the WBC. That's one of the reason why I believed in the WBC.

@Dodgers-sw2uk 8 ай бұрын

Not really, Most Americans didn’t watch

@glswenson 8 ай бұрын

I'm an American, but I'm a big fan of the NPB and watch more Japanese baseball than MLB these days. I've noticed a lot more English speaking viewers starting to tune in after the WBC. It's really nice to see. There are so many talented players that will make waves in the MLB. 😊

@Dodgers-sw2uk 8 ай бұрын

@@glswenson that has a lot more to do with the waive of talent being created there than the WBC. They are basically scouting players for their team lol

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

agreed to a certain extent, as an American I too watched more Japanese & Korean content then I used too but more because I didn't have much of a choice due to COVID. But I get it. The WBC was pretty awesome and was my first experience with it. So much talent in the baseball world than simply MLB talent. I know I had no idea at that time and how entertaining it was to see baseball elevate. @Dodgers-sw2uk@@glswenson

@Olker8 7 ай бұрын

Realistically the us fans won’t rember them at all. Since the names aren’t familiar they are much harder to remember

@bot-dl6ek 8 ай бұрын

Bat flip at 12:36 is insane

@jamesesterline 9 ай бұрын

0:35 Wrong, MLB Power Pros 2008 was Japan's greatest export and it came out a few months after Mario Kart Wii

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

My credibility down the drain just like that

@RetroBaseball 9 ай бұрын

Mr. Jacob has dropped another banger as always.

@DPSflatstocks 8 ай бұрын

This guy nailed his value, should be an agent!!

@TheTEN24 9 ай бұрын

Love this video man learning more about the other international free agents. Imanaga really intrigues me I hope the Mets look into him as well.

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

Love his strikeout stuff

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

they did and that was quite a good prediction on your part.

@craftmotamarcu9079 8 ай бұрын

High quality vid, really enjoyed even though Im not a baseball fan. Loved how you illustrated geography with 3D Google Maps

@AndThatsBaseball 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@Kukujack42 8 ай бұрын

No you didn’t mix Pokémon music with baseball history 😂 legendary

@AnAwesomeHobbit 9 ай бұрын

Really hope to see Jung-Hoo Lee end up on the mariners, we need outfielders, we need more contact, and he just seems like a really fun player to watch. Really hoping all these guys have successful transitions to MLB, seems like free agents coming from foreign leagues get better every year

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

He’d fit that park too I bet. Huge outfield to drop bloopers into

@antonioibarra5052 8 ай бұрын

we flat out need hitting with owners that aren’t willing to spend any amount of money. we have one of the best players in the league with an incredible pitching staff but we don’t do anything about it. sad to see😕

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

still sad I guess, since the Giants picked him up many a day ago. If it means anything to you though, screw the Giants & go Mariners @@antonioibarra5052

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

& speaking of which why are not owners using tactics such as that used by the Dodgers, especially the cheap owners, why not utilize deferred payments. The so called Bobby Bonilla contracts? Why not compete w/ the big market teams in such creative terms? @@antonioibarra5052

@sethorg_ 8 ай бұрын

First time here and the Sinnoh Lake theme goes so crazy!! Had to sub after that

@chewilliams9345 9 ай бұрын

Loved the video! Great break down. Just a small fun fact that the Korean Gold Glove isn't a defensive award, but an award given to the best overall player at his position :)

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

Damn I had no idea, thanks.

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

so much for the GOLD glove. Should be the award given for the best Korean overall player award. Is it called the gold glove or is this a lost in communication something or other? I have no frickin clue@@AndThatsBaseball

@andrewfarelli9241 6 ай бұрын

One issue is that the Golden Glove award is NOT for the best defensive player at the position but rather the best overall player at the position (DH has a golden glove for example)

@shaindaman13 6 ай бұрын

As a Cubs Fan I seriously think or at least hope we got the low key best signing of the offseason with Imanaga. I would not be at all surprised if he turns out to be great.

@Shakester71 9 ай бұрын

Aside from his wind up, he reminds me of a prime Tim Lincecum with his approach. Lincecum, in his prime, had a fastball top out at 95. His strikeout pitch was a nasty change up.

@Dodgers-sw2uk 8 ай бұрын

Lincecum always had control issues though. It was obvious that if his velocity/spin rate ever dropped he was gonna have issues trying to hit his spots

@Shakester71 8 ай бұрын

@@Dodgers-sw2uk But you can’t deny that regardless of that, for a 3 year stretch, he was one of the most dominant pitchers in all of MLB.

@Dodgers-sw2uk 8 ай бұрын

@@Shakester71 oh for sure, he was electric

@Shakester71 8 ай бұрын

@@Dodgers-sw2uk just a shame it suddenly went downhill for him. Still kind of a mystery to me. After those dominant years, he wasn’t good then all of a sudden, throws a no no out of nowhere.

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

if I recall correctly, his arm fell off & sadly, well maybe not sadly being a Dodgers fan, but rather sadly for the Giants, his effectiveness wore thin & MLB caught up to his new level of stuff. @@Shakester71

@Robbroy13 9 ай бұрын

Oh hell yeah we have Sadgasm as the background music 2 minutes in, this is gonna be a BANGER

@zayuhhhhhh 9 ай бұрын

The Pokémon background music so calm, great choice

@JYD2020 5 ай бұрын

here after he signed the BIG contract

@jwilliams1642 9 ай бұрын

Liking and commenting hoping you get a sponsor next time. Cool video mang.

@jonahflores1147 7 ай бұрын

The Pokemon music in the background LMAO!!!!

@mariokart9227 9 ай бұрын

A new And That's Baseball vid now the day is better

@UhDots 8 ай бұрын

that mario kart clip was fye

@procrastinatingpuma 9 ай бұрын

I think Lee ends up with the Padres, they need a CF with more upside than Grisham is current bringing, and being able to play with Kim would sweeten the deal methinks.

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

If they have any money to spend maybe

@ek9385 9 ай бұрын

Or he could play LF for the Dodgers.

@knutschack8625 8 ай бұрын

This aged well, they certainly need outfielders now!

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

ancient history on this thread. no Dodger, no Padre and certainly a Giant. But two Lee's on one team is 1 too many.

@NinjaSquirrel30 9 ай бұрын

Yamamoto!!!!! MVP 🇯🇵 ⚾ 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Come to Braves 🪓 ⚾

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

Frank the Tank would lose his mind

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

nah

@kwquinn14 8 ай бұрын

Elite bat flip 🤌🏻 12:36

@smoceany9478 9 ай бұрын

yamamoto is insane

@Dodgers-sw2uk 8 ай бұрын

Senga looking at Yamamoto like “bro, you owe me”

@bdj522 9 ай бұрын

Love the Black Ops 2 menu music making an appearance

@risboturbide9396 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting video. Can't wait to see where's Yamamoto will sign, and for how much.

@OneStarVic 6 ай бұрын

The use of Pokémon music was a huge HUH? Moment

@icetredotnet6473 7 ай бұрын

One of my new favorite channels!

@a.a677 8 ай бұрын

So happy he's a Dodger, Roki Sasaki is next.

@strudel1347 3 ай бұрын

this would be absolutely insane lol

@juhay.verdee6997 9 ай бұрын

great stuff 🧠

@MrNekoCraft 8 ай бұрын

am i trippin or am i hearing sadgasm in the background

@duke_rabbit 9 ай бұрын

"nobody with a girlfriend has ever heard of IVB" put that on a shirt

@justinkeizer2386 9 ай бұрын

Biggest thing I learned was that Sheldon Neuse is the greatest player in Japan at the moment

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

He had an AWFUL year actually

@dirtyschoolclothes7260 9 ай бұрын

Not even close

@PrimarySweeper13 9 ай бұрын

A’s legend

@justinkeizer2386 9 ай бұрын

@@AndThatsBaseball naw I don’t think you fully understand the magnitude of Sheldon’s impact on the game of baseball

@gregcub3d 9 ай бұрын

dodger legend?

@User-b9q2z 9 ай бұрын

That gen 4 music hitting

@Hymnoz 7 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the use of Lake theme from Pokémon DPPt at 2:43

@aguzman222 8 ай бұрын

Great content- new sub

@AndThatsBaseball 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@aydendietz2313 8 ай бұрын

Why am I the only person noticing the fact that he’s using the black ops two sound track behind his commentary?!🤣

@nickpsaras2140 8 ай бұрын

Ghost of Tsushima music 🔥

@sonnymarsh2260 8 ай бұрын

Would love it if Yamamoto signed with the Cardinals. Nootbaar should reach out if they’re on good terms.

@severianthefool7233 8 ай бұрын

Mmm gimme more ah them crunchy guitar licks

@Ironman829 9 ай бұрын

Welcome to the Stl Cardinals, Yoshi

@chad.avatar 8 ай бұрын

“Hide the money ya, there’s poor people around “ 😂

@seancrockett896 9 ай бұрын

I'm callin that he goes to the Royals 🎉

@velosiped135 8 ай бұрын

We just got Ohtani and now I'm feeling a little greedy. Come on Dodgers, I'll buy more $16 beers.

@AndThatsBaseball 8 ай бұрын

Gonna be $19.99 beers soon if you want Yamamoto

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

$20 dollar beer soon but $16 now...I'll have one now b4 inflation kicks in...Thx

@romiarkan450 9 ай бұрын

I actually wanted to see Jung-hoo Lee take the route players like Dae-ho Lee and Seung-hwan Oh before him take. Go to Japan, rule the NPB for a couple of years THEN go get that fat MLB paycheck. In the end the Koreans just wanna beat Japan and what better way to do it then send their best player to learn the ways of the NPB first?

@beegd00kie10 9 ай бұрын

Yeah this video title tells me he's probably gonna have an ERA around 4.30 in 2024...

@cosmoid 9 ай бұрын

How do you find the stuff+ and command+ of a specific pitch? Like if I wanted to know the stuff+ on Luis Castillo's fastball, how would I find it?

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

FanGraphs has leaderboards under the pitch modeling tab. U can sort by pitch type and each pitch has a stuff+, location+, and pitching+

@GatsbyCioffi 8 ай бұрын

The Phillies keep being listed as a suitor for Yamamoto, despite it hardly being talked about. Wonder if Dombrowski has been lurking in the shadows this whole time, and will shock the world, lol

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

nope

@ryancarroll1697 9 ай бұрын

I agree Yamamoto will end up in New York. It’s just a question of who wants to cough up more money. Personally, I believe whichever NY a team doesn’t get Yamamoto will go after Imanaga. Jung Hoo Lee goes to Boston or Chicago

@zfouleur 8 ай бұрын

Mets

@smxwing 8 ай бұрын

Dodgers >

@severianthefool7233 8 ай бұрын

Heandog Bumpday is a great DnD character name.

@SONICX1027 9 ай бұрын

The Sox have a crowded outfield roster as it is, since Jung-Ho Lee is one. The Sox desperately need pitching and they are link to Yamamoto, so I hope they get him

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

Lee is not a Sox (red) nor is Mr Roboto

@db6341 9 ай бұрын

5 years 90 million all 30 MLB teams would jump on that I think

@user-lz5dz1qx2q 9 ай бұрын

At last some one talk about the other guys with YY

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

Yamamoto is really overshadowing a loaded class. If I had more time I would’ve dove deeper into the other arms, but Imanaga and Lee are also gonna make big money

@user-jv9qz2bu1r 9 ай бұрын

hope Giants get him - San Francisco will not be outbid on this contract

@morenowg 8 ай бұрын

Yes! I would prefer him over othani. We need pitching and othani said he didn’t want to pitch so much.

@lukelauw 8 ай бұрын

Let’s go they got him

@smxwing 8 ай бұрын

Dodgers >

@lukelauw 7 ай бұрын

@@smxwing swept by dbacks 😂😂

@alex82493 9 ай бұрын

I don't think Yamamoto ends up with NYY because he's got the same agent as Stanton and that agent is pissed about how Cashman shit on Stanton. There will be plenty of other juicy contracts he can get

@miserableunoriginal 8 ай бұрын

He works for Yamamoto, not the other way around

@mercurydylan899 9 ай бұрын

Come to St. Louis!

@jaythornton9929 8 ай бұрын

They said the same things about Darvish. While he isn't a bad pitcher, I don't know if he was worth the hype. That's my concern here.

@kyletheflameseeker2877 9 ай бұрын

What about that one starting pitcher in the NPB that played for the Baystars and did pretty well? I think his name was Trevor Bauer or something. Seems like he would do well in the MLB, maybe even be Cy Young worthy.

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

dude, only Julio Urias would give a thumbs up.

@imhip510 9 ай бұрын

moto seem like a lil dudu thats going to struggle in the states especalliy wit his funny ass windup we aint sold on dis cat different levels here

@PaladinYT 9 ай бұрын

"No one with a girlfriend has heard of IVB" true! I have a boyfriend :v

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

@LIBlurr 8 ай бұрын

Be a great Closer for Yankees ! Mo 2.0 *Gets him in Twice as many games minimal.

@sonny9054 7 ай бұрын

Wait til you get a load of Imanaga.

@Noipara38 9 ай бұрын

Jung-hoo Lee is definitely a great defender, but he’s golden glove award is not telling anything about his (or any player in KBO’s) defensive skills. Golden glove award in KBO is more like a Silver slugger award in MLB. This year, the KBO defensive award has been added. Though, I’m pretty sure that he would win the award if he played full-time.

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

he is skinny and can run, so label him a KBO golden glove. You would be safe

@copomo 9 ай бұрын

oh no i overwrote my data on prospi A and havent got him yet on new account

@nepzski 9 ай бұрын

first 10 seconds look like mcla when you load into the game

@SuperJay12jay 8 ай бұрын

Now Ohtani is signed for 700M, Yamamoto 25 year old phenom will get around 400M+.

@C0CKROACH_WHITE 8 ай бұрын

Rôki Sasaki>>>

@amessina6691 9 ай бұрын

Mets signed Severino instead. So we're set.🙄

@coolbreeze4249 9 ай бұрын

Lee to the mariners. Put him in right field.

@DFusions_ 7 ай бұрын

People going to use his game against Hanshin as an excuse to say the Dodgers made a mistake signing him

@BootLeg_King 9 ай бұрын

Kinda want the Mets to try and get both Yamamoto and Garcia

@MountainStreamLives 8 ай бұрын

So what you’re trying to say is…Had he not choked in his first game, his team would have clinched the series in game 6?

@kwquinn14 8 ай бұрын

138 pitches and no walks??! 2:25

@jamie6604 9 ай бұрын

Nobody with a gf has heard of ivb😭 touche my friend

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

I’ve got a one person sample size for that theory (myself)

@juancuelloespinosa 8 ай бұрын

Why are all the npb scoreboards blurred? Are they pornographic 😆

@senororlando2 9 ай бұрын

He should wear #2 cause YY2 kinda looks like YYZ

@craftmotamarcu9079 8 ай бұрын

Music at 2:55 please?

@AndThatsBaseball 8 ай бұрын

Music playlist is linked in the description, this track is "Lake" from Pokemon Platinum OST

@sleezy1226 8 ай бұрын

Hes a Dodger!

@StuPedasso 9 ай бұрын

No doubt this dude is good...but Japan's MLB is quite frankly equal to or just *a little* above MLB's AAA. He'll end up as an overpaid starter for the likes of New York, LA or Ranger/Astros. Good for him but nowhere near the elite pitching "Cy Young" caliber they will pay. Super thin 2023 free agent market puts him well over $100M for someone that will be a #3 starter.

@archiewalters3633 9 ай бұрын

Kodai Senga was posted from NPB and posted a sub 3 era in his rookie season, I think Yamamoto, a significantly more talented and accomplished starter can do something similar

@strudel1347 3 ай бұрын

he’s pitching like a cy young contender so far!

@ticnatz 7 ай бұрын

With a 1.16 ERA, how on earth did Yamamoto lose 6 games in 2023?

@ticnatz 7 ай бұрын

Of course, Gibson in 1968.....

@jasoncarver3614 7 ай бұрын

what, Kirk Gibson is in 1988 . Some of us was existent back then . You were not, apparently. No shame, but real history is a good thing. F off with your false narrative.

@hateusernames2 8 ай бұрын

International baseball players are getting more skilled and more attention than the American born players

@sourapple6604 9 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 pleeease!!! Be a Yankee doodle dandy

@imhip510 9 ай бұрын

200M plus for dis homeboy? u aint ninja shohei but then who is? tha baddest boy to ever put on a cleats and the greatest sthlete in all of NAPS history good to be ninja ohtani, aint it folks?

@TC10394 9 ай бұрын

why am i watching baseball lol

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

Cuz it’s a great sport

@TC10394 9 ай бұрын

1 word: shohei 😂

@Yunger_Gravy 9 ай бұрын

Japanese Greg Maddux?

@MrMosby-hy3te 9 ай бұрын

Cardinals might grab him!

@morenowg 8 ай бұрын

I would prefer him for the giants over othani.

@strudel1347 3 ай бұрын

unfortunate that the dodgers wound up getting both

@trenchant2 9 ай бұрын

Mariners

@FrankleFarkle 9 ай бұрын

Hopium still chasing that Ichiro high. It’s so lame.

@justinwarthen 9 ай бұрын

Orioles better sign Yamamoto

@AndThatsBaseball 9 ай бұрын

Angelos gives out that type of cash the day pigs fly

@MonkeyKingXiaoMin 8 ай бұрын

dont forget bauer

@favre4ever39 8 ай бұрын

I think the MLB has forgotten him...

@jorgejohnson451 9 ай бұрын

No offense, but it’s a huge gamble to sign a rookie to such big money. Even in the U.S., the minors and majors are worlds apart. Signing a Japanese pitcher to such numbers is irresponsible.