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Hard to feel too sorry for Astros and Mets with their injuries compared to a small market star like a Jose Ramirez going down.

That said...if the US doesn't win against Japan, how many owners will be willing to potentially sacrifice their $30+ million starting pitchers?

Not many will think it's as important as the Asian and Latin American players do to win the WBC no matter what.

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15 hours ago, caulfield12 said:
7 hours ago · The starting pitching matchup will be Yu Darvish vs. Merrill Kelly if Japan advances to face USA in the WBC championship, per...
 
 
Should have done it with two outs instead for more drama lol.

I’m now seeing that Japan is going to start Shota Imanaga? Which is interesting. He throws like 91 but there’s something about his fastball that seems to make it exceptionally hard to square up.

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13 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said:

I’m now seeing that Japan is going to start Shota Imanaga? Which is interesting. He throws like 91 but there’s something about his fastball that seems to make it exceptionally hard to square up.

Also he's a lefty but apparently is hell on righties. Should be interesting - guessing he'll have a short leash with Darvish and Ohtani in reserve.

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Makes a lot of sense that you try to go with the unfamiliar pitcher and sneak 2+ innings in.

A different version of going to Crochet early in Game 3 against the A's.

Or even Ohtani depending on matchup/situations.

Then bring in Darvish as the brudge to get to the last 2-3 innings of the game.

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