Os acquiring Fujinami for Easton Lucas

[Malike]

26 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Looks like Easton Lucas is the lucky guy going to Oakland.

He'll end up being a number 1 and the gnashing of teeth will commence.

[Paul in Virginia]

13 minutes ago, PHRESH said:

Easton Lucas is a great baseball name, too

Had we kept him and he became a star closer for us, we could have called him the Easton Sure.

 

[Sports Guy]

 

[jabba72]

18 minutes ago, Frobby said:

2.45 ERA since June 5, with a greatly reduced walk rate.  

Yeah and throws very hard. As a relief prospect this looks like a potential steal to me. Here's some of his savant data. Only a 4.94 FIP to go with that 8.57 ERA.

Year	Pitch Type	#	# RHB	# LHB	%	MPH	PA	AB	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	SO	BBE	BA	XBA	SLG	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	EV	LA	Spin	Ext.	Whiff%	PutAway%
2023	4-Seam Fastball	499	296	203	55.7	98.0	135	109	29	19	7	0	3	24	86	.266	.233	.413	.422	.364	.357	93.1	19	1955	6.9	25.9	23.8
2023	Split Finger	179	79	100	20.0	92.6	49	44	10	7	2	0	1	16	29	.227	.224	.341	.324	.276	.272	89.6	-2	1166	6.8	38.2	21.6
2023	Cutter	145	79	66	16.2	88.0	26	21	3	1	1	0	1	7	15	.143	.211	.333	.412	.267	.317	85.3	23	2007	6.6	42.9	26.9
2023	Sweeper	47	44	3	5.2	84.2	10	10	4	2	2	0	0	2	8	.400	.344	.600	.560	.427	.387	94.0	21	2134	6.5	30.4	13.3
2023	Slider	19	17	2	2.1	84.7	6	5	4	3	0	0	1	0	5	.800	.651	1.400	1.351	.894	.819	97.0	18	2052	6.4	28.6	0.0
2023	Sinker	6	1	5	0.7	97.5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.040	.333	.050	.295	.036	79.8	-8	1825	6.7	50.0	100.0
2023	Curveball	1	0	1	0.1	75.7	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	.523	2.000	1.061	1.248	.678	105.5	17	2152	6.5	0.0

[Malike]

2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

 

Dude throws smoke.

[RavensNOsGuy]

Maybe they are trying to get another Japanese player to entice Ohtani here?

lol

[TopGunnar]

Love this move. Elias and Hyde have seen enough of Bryan Baker

[Sports Guy]

 

[TheWall]

Just now, TopGunnar said:

Love this move. Elias and Hyde have seen enough of Bryan Baker

Baker isn't going anywhere. 

[Winter]

Bullpen post deadline

1. Batista(R)

2. Cano(R)

3.Another addition, back end lefty perhaps. 
4. Baker(R)

5. Fujinami(R)

6. Coulombe(L)

7. Irvin(L)

8. Baumann(R)

(Not counting Means)

??? = another options? Hall? Vespi? And i believe Voth can be moved to the 60day to make room on the 40 after another addition?

[EricK]

 

Hope he gets that extra $100K for World Series MVP.  Lol.  But I think it's a reasonable pick up that does not cost too much.  We still have the second lowest payroll.

 

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/oakland-as-ink-3-25m-deal-with-japanese-pitcher-shintaro-fujinami/

Fujinami would earn $100,000 for MVP, $75,000 for finishing second in the voting and $50,000 for third, and he can earn similar bonuses for Cy Young Award balloting. He would get $50,000 for making the All-Star Game, $100,000 for World Series MVP or Silver Slugger, and $50,000 for Gold Glove or League Championship Series MVP.

He will be a free agent at the end of the contract.

[SteveA]

15 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

In years past I would mock the futility of these type moves.  However after seeing Cano and Bautista I am willing to give them the benifit of the doubt.  If they can figure something out his sheer speed might make he quite valuable.  Can we play in Norfolk?  

If we get out of him what we got out of Voth after we picked him up last year when he was sporting a 10+ ERA for the Nats....

[Just Regular]

I've learned poking around last few minutes that I guess in the Japanese draft's 1st round, several Clubs can pick the same Player and then there's a lottery to determine who truly gets rights.

Here's his 2012 draft year....four of the 12 Clubs thought Shintaro Fujinami 4.12.1994 was worth trying for.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/2012_NPB_Amateur_Draft

Nippon Ham zigged when a lot of the league zagged and alone chose Shohei Ohtani 7.5.1994.

 

[TopGunnar]

1 minute ago, TheWall said:

Baker isn't going anywhere. 

Oh yes he is lol. Maybe not right away, but he’s on his way out. 

[SilverRocket]