Jays acquire Ryota Igarashi

Kaizen · Post #1 » by **Kaizen** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:52 am

Igarashi had an 8.68 ERA in nine games with the Pirates during spring training.

He was 4-1 with one save and a 4.66 ERA in 45 relief appearances last year for the Mets.

This is another one of those deals where AA tries to prove to the rest of the league that he can make useless trades like everyone else.

flatjacket1 · Post #2 » by **flatjacket1** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:56 am

Another power strikeout pitcher that can't command his pitches. We just have him in AAA in case he learns how to command the ball.

WpgPage · Post #3 » by **WpgPage** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:36 am

AAA arm hes done quite well at that level gotta try and win at LV so other AAA teams will want the Jays farm rights.

SharoneWright · Post #4 » by **SharoneWright** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:47 am

Expect nothing less than a Bautista-level transformation.

Hamyltowne · Post #5 » by **Hamyltowne** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:01 am

SharoneWright wrote:Expect nothing less than a Bautista-level transformation.

Laugh-out-loud funny!

And he, too, came over from the Pirates.

hyper316 · Post #6 » by **hyper316** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:24 am

i hope he develops a good leg-kick too

sule · Post #7 » by **sule** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:47 am

AA: "Now nobody can say we don't have a Japanese pitcher on our team. This should calm everyone who was upset we didn't acquire Darvish"

jrsmith · Post #8 » by **jrsmith** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:28 pm

Power shift.

Game changer.

Bankai · Post #9 » by **Bankai** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 1:14 am

Im buying tickets this season just to see Igarashi! Asian Pride Baby! Igarsanity!

Im dead serious though. See you guys at the Rogers Centre.