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David Huff to a minor league deal and assigned him to Triple-A Tacoma.
It’s been five years since the now-36-year-old Huff last pitched in the big leagues with the division-rival Angels. That pairing didn’t go particularly well, as Huff was clobbered for seven runs in a tiny sample of 5 1/3 innings. From 2011-15, Huff tossed 180 innings of 4.20 ERA ball between the Indians, Yankees, Dodgers and Giants.
In the years since his last big league appearance, Huff has spent considerable time pitching overseas and found a good bit of success along the way. He pitched with the Korea Baseball Organization’s LG Twins from 2016-17, totaling 199 innings of 2.66 ERA ball before jumping to Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Huff spent the 2018-19 seasons pitching to a 4.50 ERA in 160 innings with Japan’s Yakult Swallows, and he tossed 14 1/3 solid innings last year in the independent Constellation Energy League during the shortened 2020 campaign. He’d previously s
Shohei Ohtani goes deep, gets three hits again in Angels loss Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Los Angeles Shohei Ohtani hits a home run against the Royals on Tuesday in Kansas City, Missouri. | USA TODAY / VIA REUTERS
Kyodo Apr 14, 2021
Kansas City, Missouri – Shohei Ohtani continued his hot offensive start to the season Tuesday with his team-leading fourth homer, but the Los Angeles Angels suffered a narrow 3-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals.
The Angels had 12 hits but produced only two runs, one courtesy of their two-way star from Japan. Ohtani moved within one home run of a combined 100 from his four seasons in Major League Baseball and five in Nippon Professional Baseball.
April 5, 2021
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Boston Red Sox’s Hirokazu Sawamura has 6 walks in 1.1 innings; Could he be adjusting to larger, more slippery ball, smaller strike zone?
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
Red Sox s Hirokazu Sawamura works during the fifth against the Rays on Monday. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Boston Red Sox reliever Hirokazu Sawamura of Japan has allowed six walks in two Grapefruit League outings (1 ⅓ innings).
The righty recorded just two outs against the Rays on Monday, allowing one run, one hit and three walks while striking out two. Boston lost 3-2 at Charlotte Sports Park.
Sawamura averaged only 2.7 walks per nine innings (868 ⅓ innings) in Nippon Professional Baseball. So what’s causing his early issues with command?