Kilroy wrote:Neddy wrote:my god Maeda's slider against RHBs are wicked.
Maeda's a weird dude... His stuff is wicked, but every 5th or 6th pitch seems to get a little away from him... Almost like clockwork. But at least he looks like he's having fun.
that's one thing about Japanese pitchers in general. their stuff can be super wicked, but their control is inconsistent.
Nomo was infamous for missing targets by 2-3 feet and yet he was effectively wild.
Matsuzaka sported a ton of different pitches with no real control in any of them.
Hideki Irabu and Kei Igawa are who they were.
Tanaka is wild but very effective with his spliiter/fork ball that even he can't tell if it will be strike or in the dirt.
Yu Darvish, we know all about his control issues.
