I'm not sure I care so much about k/bb in the japanese leagues, as while they have some quality players overall they're still not MLB level, and i'm sure there are plenty of poor hitters to K with relatively poor pitches. Against MLB-quality players (in Korea), he fooled 3 and didn't fool 2, in the 9th anyway, which is not so good.
He obviously needs to become comfortable with people hitting his pitches, and stop trying to dance around people. I know that comes with age, to some extent, but sometimes it doesn't... ie Ryan ... though I didn't realize he had THAT many walks. I do recall he had enough walks in his no hitters that sometimes people came up 5 times, I think... ie, 8-9 walks (plus the occasional error)... he never pitched a perfect game, did he?
He obviously needs to become comfortable with people hitting his pitches, and stop trying to dance around people. I know that comes with age, to some extent, but sometimes it doesn't... ie Ryan ... though I didn't realize he had THAT many walks. I do recall he had enough walks in his no hitters that sometimes people came up 5 times, I think... ie, 8-9 walks (plus the occasional error)... he never pitched a perfect game, did he?
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