Scouting Report on Matsuzaka

bedir than average · 11-23-2006, 12:26 PM

This is from a Mariners site pre-bid, back when the world thought that the Mariners were going to be the team.

But I think Red Sox posters would like to see it.

Daisuke Matsuzaka

Dada · 11-23-2006, 05:22 PM

Good stuff, Bedir - thanks.

The only thing that I read from Matsuzaka was from Rob Neyer, and his gyroball articles.

This is a lot more insightful, a must read.

AutomatedTeller · 11-24-2006, 11:08 AM

So, that makes him sound pretty good - curveball, 2 fastballs and a changeup. I hope his adjustment is fast - there is a worry, in my mind, that what worked in Japan won't work so well here, and it will take a while for him to get it together.

EnderSwarm · 11-24-2006, 07:49 PM

Here are the YouTube search results for 'Daisuke Matsuzaka' :

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...suke+matsuzaka

If you've never seen this guy pitch, go right ahead and do it now. This guy has Pedro-like movement on his pitches, can arc the ball to either side, and throws almost every damn pitch in the book at one time or another.

I was prepared to be bummed out of my mind if the Yankees had nabbed this guy. Frankly I was hoping any non-Yankee team would've ended up with his rights, as I wasn't expecting Boston to make anything more than a token bid. I'm optimistic that the Red Sox can get him signed to a contract.

11-23-2006, 12:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
bedir than average Administrator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,256	Scouting Report on Matsuzaka This is from a Mariners site pre-bid, back when the world thought that the Mariners were going to be the team. But I think Red Sox posters would like to see it. Daisuke Matsuzaka __________________ US Men's National Team World Cup Qualifying \| Democracy in Sports Meets My First Campaign "You're only so sure you're right because they're so sure you're wrong." Orson Scott Card in Xenocide

11-23-2006, 05:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dada Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 125	Good stuff, Bedir - thanks. The only thing that I read from Matsuzaka was from Rob Neyer, and his gyroball articles. This is a lot more insightful, a must read.

11-24-2006, 11:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
AutomatedTeller Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 545	So, that makes him sound pretty good - curveball, 2 fastballs and a changeup. I hope his adjustment is fast - there is a worry, in my mind, that what worked in Japan won't work so well here, and it will take a while for him to get it together.

11-24-2006, 07:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
EnderSwarm Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 15	Here are the YouTube search results for 'Daisuke Matsuzaka' : http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...suke+matsuzaka If you've never seen this guy pitch, go right ahead and do it now. This guy has Pedro-like movement on his pitches, can arc the ball to either side, and throws almost every damn pitch in the book at one time or another. I was prepared to be bummed out of my mind if the Yankees had nabbed this guy. Frankly I was hoping any non-Yankee team would've ended up with his rights, as I wasn't expecting Boston to make anything more than a token bid. I'm optimistic that the Red Sox can get him signed to a contract.