![]() ![]() Now, Esteury Ruiz definitely goofed up on the play, which I think helped the extra run to score, but there’s no way Fujinami should have been laying a fastball down the middle of the plate like that.Īfter that, Fujinami was pulled from the game.įinal line: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 55 pitches That is a fastball basically down the middle of the plate that Lamb unsurprisingly is able to drive into center field. It’s just fun to look at what pitch a guy chooses to introduce himself to the league with. If you’ve ever read any of my GIF breakdowns before, you know I always love including a pitcher’s first Major League pitch. We’ve got a guy who’s had some success in Japan, throws a broad array of pitches, and sort of went under the radar in a lot of drafts (his ADP was >400), so I was very curious to see how he’d do in his first Major League start. ![]() Speaking of spring training, Fujinami-who signed a one-year, $3.25 million deal with the A’s in the offseason-looked pretty solid in spring training, posting a 3.86 ERA and a 9.6 K/9 through five starts and 18.2 innings.Ĭoming into this start, I was personally very curious about Fujinami. ![]() Reportedly, Fujinami throws six pitches-a four-seamer fastball, two-seam fastball, cutter, slider, splitter, and a curveball-and it was his splitter that at least impressed Shea Langeliers in spring training. ![]() Over the 10 seasons he was in NPB, Fujinami was pretty successful, posting a 3.41 ERA with a 9.2 K/9 over 994.1 innings pitched. What’s up everyone! It’s the opening week of the MLB season and that means we get a handful of exciting debuts, and today, I’m going to cover the debut of Shintaro Fujinami for the A’s.īefore we dive in, I want to give some background on Fujinami and what we knew about him coming into this start.įujinami came to the A’s from NPB, where he’s been pitching since he was 19. ![]()
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