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Every MLB offseason there seems to be a new Japanese baseball sensation set to take Major League Baseball by storm. With the arrivals of Roki Sasaki and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, teams are hoping to find similar superstars across the globe to help bolster their chances of bringing home a championship.
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On this episode of Baseball Bar-B-Cast, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman are joined by Japanese baseball expert Yuri Karasawa as they discuss Munetaka Murakami, Tatsuya Imai and Kazuma Okamoto all being posted this offseason. Will their games translate to MLB and which players could end up where? These questions and more are answered in this must-listen conversation.
Later, Jake and Jordan talk about the four qualifying offers that were accepted this week and why some of them were a bit questionable, including Trent Grisham returning to the Yankees and Shota Imanaga going back to the Chicago Cubs. The guys then close out the episode by making their weekly picks for The Good, The Bad & The Uggla.
(Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images)
(Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images)
5:36 – Yuri Karasawa joins the show
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12:29 – Munetaka Murakami breakdown
25:57 – Get to know Kazuma Okamoto
34:50 – What to expect from Tatsuya Imai
45:20 – Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s heroics
55:19 – Around the League: QO surprises
1:21:43 – The Good, The Bad & The Uggla
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