Los Angeles Dodgers "Reiwa Monster" Ronhito Sasaki has not performed as expected since coming to the major league stage this season, and recently entered the injured list due to "Shoulder Impingement Syndrome" (Shoulder Impingement Syndrome), and his supervisor during the Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB) period Shihito Iguchi recently shared his experience in the United States on his YouTube channel, but also pointed out his problems, and hoped that he would enjoy all kinds of things in the United States.
After entering the list of injured soldiers, Ronshi Sasaki is currently listed as a "complete stop pitching" (no-throw) state, today (18th) before the game he was also directly hit, active physical training picture, he started 8 games this season, a total of 34.1 rounds of pitching innings accumulated 1 left 1 defeat, defense rate of 4.72, and 24 strikeouts and 22 four bad shots, 3 dead balls, the performance can be said to be quite unsatisfactory.
His supervisor during the Rhodes period, Shihito Iguchi, recently spoke on his YouTube channel about Ronki Sasaki and shared his experience in the United States, saying, "I think he's going through some valuable experiences, not just the different balls, but the dry climate and other aspects that can make him feel hard."
In addition, Ronshi Sasaki has never experienced the pitching rhythm of "shooting 1 off 5" in the past, even though he has only done so once this season, and for this part, Iguchi said, "In the United States, he has to adapt to the rhythm of 5 days off that he has not experienced before, and it will be a big problem, because in the major leagues, these are all natural conditions, and he has to be able to cope with it smoothly."
On the show, Shihito Iguchi also gave his opinion on Sasaki's speedball, pointing out that "even if you throw a 100-mile speedball, you will still swing the bat strongly over there (in the United States)," stressing that "improving ball control will be his main issue."
Then he cited Tomoyuki Kanno, who also went to the United States to join the Baltimore Orioles this year, as an example, "He has scored 4 wins so far, and the reason why Kanno can suppress his opponent is precisely because he is very accurate in ball control."
In addition, Iguchi also shared the biggest difference between life in Japan and the United States on the show, saying, "Unlike Japan, where everything is arranged in an orderly manner, the United States is more likely to encounter emergencies there, and on the other hand, if you can enjoy these 'emergencies' as fun, you will feel much more relaxed, after all, if you have a psychological problem, it will have a great impact on the game."
Finally, the supervisor, who has watched Ronki Sasaki's growth up close, encouraged him, "I hope that he will continue to absorb various experiences and become stronger and bigger, and I think that the key to success is to be able to make the most of what he has done in Japan, and in short, to get used to the environment over there."