As many of you know there is a Japan All Star Series going
on right now between players from Major League Baseball and the players from
Japan. The ace of the Japanese pitching staff is Kenta Maeda who is expected to
be posted this winter in search of a major league contract. Maeda had one more
shot to showcase his talents for major league scouts and teams as he started
the first game of the Japan All Star Series and he made the most of it.
Maeda pitched five scoreless innings as Japan beat the USA
2-0 in the first of a five game series between the two clubs. Maeda only gave
up two hits while striking out two and walking two in Osaka, Japan in the
Kyocera Dome in front of a crowd of 33,000. Robinson Cano singled in the first
inning and Dexter Fowler doubled in the fifth inning for the only damage the
Major League Baseball All Stars could muster off the right hander.
Maeda made the most of it against major league caliber
hitters on a semi-big stage. While I don’t read too much into this outing as
these players have not played in two months it still speaks volumes for Maeda.
He proved in this start that his stuff is good enough to get major league
players out and that just possibly made him really expensive. Good for him.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)