MLB Major League Baseball Washington Nationals Japanese left-handed Shinnosuke Ogasawara did not perform well in the major league warm-up games, with 5 games on board and a defense rate of 11.25, and now it is confirmed that he will be relegated to 3A and will start the new season in the minor leagues.
Last year, Shinnosuke Ogasawara also performed poorly in the Japanese professional Nainichi Dragons, playing 24 games but suffering 11 defeats to the Central League, with a total of 144.1 rounds and only 82 strikeouts, and the defense rate was 3.12 in the past. However, after the season, he still decided to challenge the major leagues through the entry system and won the Nationals a two-year, $3.5 million contract.
Shinnosuke Ogasawara played 5 games in the warm-up game as a starting pitcher, and was knocked out of 24 hits in 12 innings, losing 19 points (15 points were missed), with a batting rate of 4 percent, a defense rate of 11.25, and a base rate of 2.67 per inning.
National coach Dave Martinez said of Shinnosuke Ogasawara's performance, "I saw in the video of him pitching in Japan, he threw a lot of good shots. He's got to throw both the speedball and the curveball into the good belt, and he's going to do that here and not off the good belt."
Shinnosuke Ogasawara accepted the decision to be sent to 3A, "I didn't show results, this is a matter of course, except for unwillingness, I don't have any other feelings, I still have a lot to adapt and adjust, I have to overcome them one by one, I will keep a positive attitude and continue to challenge."