ERA 4.01 WHIP 1.30 W-L 9-5 102 K
2007-06-27 03:48:21 · 13 answers · asked by EricD 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I think he's highly overrated and it's unfair to the kids who work their butts everyday in the minors. With all the talk about how many pitches this guy can throw and the new pitch that ONLY he can throw, he should have racked up based on batters never seeing his stuff alone. But he's hasn't and there's no way he can justify making the ridiculous amount of money that he's making. A 4.01 era and 9-5 record is not worth it. Clubs should develop their farms and not waste the lives of the young men dying to make it to the bigs
2007-06-27 04:04:34 · answer #1 · answered by Terrell W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I want to respond to the first guy who posted. Okay so let's get this straight:
Its hard to live up to that type of hype, anything less than a CY young campaign would have people complaining about the contract and the hype. It takes a rare athelete to rise to the occasion with that type of pressure. Lebron is one that comes to mind that did it. Now multiply the pressure LEbron felt by about 100,000 and thats whats behind Matsuzaka.
1) HE is in a new country (Hideo Nomo - 1995)
2) HE gets press from here and his home country (Hideo Nomo - 1995)
3) HE is learning a new language (Hideo Nomo - 1995)
4) He is adjusting to a new league (Hideo Nomo - 1995)
5) He must justify his ridculous contract. Well maybe not the case here but a lot more pressure than Dice-K. Nomo paved the way from Ichiro to Hideki to Kazuo and all those in between. Even the bust Irabu.
Hideo Nomo was lights out in 1995 (I watched this guy back then). I have that to compare what I see out of Dice-K. Nomo also won ROY over Chipper. He was also the Ks leader. All of this in a strike-shortened season so his stats could have been even better.
Dice-K even has waaaaaay better stuff than Nomo but still isn't dominating the way he did. It's time to stop making ridiculous excuses and face the facts, he has a lot to live up to considering his predecessor and he has not yet. They were both the same age coming into the MLB so that's even more-so why he can be compared at the same level.
2007-06-27 03:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by Veritas et Aequitas () 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Matsuzaka had nothing to do with the "hype" and just goes out there and does his job. You have to remember, this was a huge transition for him and he handled it very well. It is going to take him some time to get into some kind of rhythm and he is well on his way. Right now he is 9-5 with a 4.01 ERA and 1.30 WHIP. Not bad for a rookie with a shot to win 20 games.
2007-06-27 04:00:28 · answer #3 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He wasn't supposed to be the next Nolan Ryan... those aren't bad numbers for a rookie coming over from Japan. He had struggled but I didn't expect this guy to come in and just own the opposition right out of the gates. He will need time to adjust to the style of baseball over here. I think that the Sox are looking pretty good from where they are and shouldn't really worry about a 4.01 ERA for a rookie.
2007-06-27 03:56:07 · answer #4 · answered by BOSTONboy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think he's overrated. Looking at his stats so far this season, 98.2 IP, 102 K, 35 BB, and 9 HR allowed, you can see that he has potential to be one of the best pitchers in the game. After tonight's start (6/27) and assuming he pithes 6.2 innings, strikes out 7 and walks 3, which is what he averages, he would be tied for 8th in IP, 3rd in K, but would also be walking the 7th most hitters in the AL. So far his only problem has been walking batters.
2007-06-27 07:26:24 · answer #5 · answered by Alex 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its hard to live up to that type of hype, anything less than a CY young campaign would have people complaining about the contract and the hype. It takes a rare athelete to rise to the occasion with that type of pressure. Lebron is one that comes to mind that did it. Now multiply the pressure LEbron felt by about 100,000 and thats whats behind Matsuzaka.
1) HE is in a new country
2) HE gets press from here and his home country
3) HE is learning a new language
4) He is adjusting to a new league
5) He must justify his ridculous contract.
thats tough give him a year or 2.
2007-06-27 03:53:49 · answer #6 · answered by Terrence W 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If he was Akinori Iwamura, no one would be worrying about him being overrated or underrated. I think he is overrated because there was too much said about him before he came over here. Daisuke is better, but you see what happened to Hideki Irabu.... What a bust!
2007-06-27 04:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by ScottBirchfield 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think he's overrated but I do think he needs to step his game up. He will be a great pitcher and you know he is when you watch him pitch. When he's on he's over dominating. He hasn't done good this year at all with the exception of a few of his starts, but it does take time to get used to the MLB.
2007-06-27 04:02:00 · answer #8 · answered by *Killer B's* 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think he is definetely above average but not as good as they made him out to be in the beginning of the year. I mean Hideo Nomo had more success in his first year than Diasuke so far.
2007-06-27 03:58:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He needs time to learn hitters. Anyone who plays for Boston or New York will be under a microscope.
2007-06-27 04:06:27 · answer #10 · answered by pdmalek 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋