The class does not change. Shintaro Fujinami (29, Oakland Athletics), who threw a challenge to the major leagues, was praised for his first bullpen pitch in spring camp.

On the 17th (Korean time), the official Major League homepage, ‘MLB.com’, wrote about Fujinami’s first bullpen pitch.

Fujinami is widely known as a close friend of major league superstar Shohei Ohtani (29, Los Angeles Angels). He was called a rival in high school, but after he joined the professional team, they spent a lot of time together on the Japanese national team and formed a friendship.

Ohtani joined the Angels in 2018 and succeeded in advancing to the big leagues. On the 13th of last month, Fujinami, a friend of mine, agreed to a posting system (private competitive bidding) with Auckland to challenge the major leagues. 스포츠토토

Fujinami made his first bullpen pitch on the second day of spring training. I threw about 40 pitches in front of Oakland coach Mark Katsay, front support and coaches watching. He used all six pitches, including a four-seam fastball, two-seam fastball, cutter, slider, splitter, and curveball.

After the powerful pitch, Fujinami was highly praised by those around her. “(Fujinami’s) splitter was filthy. It was really good, and it sank,” gave catcher Shay Langellias, who received Fujinami’s bullpen pitch, with a thumbs up. Pitching coach Scott Emerson also applauded Fujinami’s ability to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently, throwing a fastball of about 97 miles (about 156.1 km).

There is also a lot of interest in how to use Fujinami. When Fujinami was a starting pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), he pitched every six days. He was given one more rest day than the traditional five-man starting rotation. Depending on Fujinami, various speculations continue as to whether the team will utilize a six-man starting rotation.

In response, director Katsei said, “All possibilities are there. We’ll evaluate everything we can (about Fujinami). There’s no saying he can’t be successful in a five-man rotation. (To find the optimal way) The conversation will continue. “he explained.

After pitching his first bullpen game, Fujinami said, “I want to pitch about 140 innings this year. If I can pitch that many innings, I’ll be really happy. That’s what I hope for.”