Asian major leaguers, who have the most wins in their careers, are moving vigorously, but their three moves were veiled.
Kenta Maeda (35, Minnesota Twins) started the 2023 Major League Baseball away game against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the 24th (Korea Standard Time) and did not record a win or loss with four hits, six strikeouts, two walks, and three runs in five innings.
Maeda finally signed an eight-year, $25 million (about 33.1 billion won) slave contract, and will be a free agent again at the end of this season, but he underwent Tommy John surgery in August 2021 and missed the entire 2022 season due to recent health problems. After returning to the game against the New York Yankees on the 27th of last month, he had to rest all season due to a triceps injury until the game against the Detroit Tigers on June 24.
Meanwhile, the multiplier clock stopped completely. On August 15, 2021, after winning 59 career victories against the Tampa Bay Rays, he achieved his 60th career win in his return match. He took a whopping year and 10 months. Two months have passed since then, but only two wins have been added.
Victory doesn’t follow. Average ERA of 2.93 with 1 win and 1 loss in 5 games in July and 1 win and 1 loss with ERA of 3.43 in 4 games in August. Even on this day, 5 innings and 3 runs is not a bad story. However, Seungwoon did not follow. In the major leagues, it is not easy to compete with a four-seamer in the low 90s and a slower slider or splitter. Thorough timing fight is essential. As you can see from his career ERA in the second half of the 3-point range, he is not a style that is good at pitching the border line.
- Top 10 Asian major leaguers with the most wins
Park Chan-ho/Korea/124-98/ERA 4.36/1993 innings
Hideo Nomo/Japan/123-109/ERA 4.24/1976⅓ innings
Darvish Yu/Japan/103-84/ERA 3.57/1620⅓innings
Hideki Kuroda/Japan/79-79/ERA 3.45/1319 innings
Masahiro Tanaka/Japan/78-46/ERA 3.74/1054⅓innings
Ryu Hyun-jin/Korea/77-46/ERA 3.24/1022⅓ innings
Jianming Wang/Taiwan/68-34/ERA 4.36/845⅔innings
Hisashi Iwakuma/Japan/63-39/ERA 3.42/883⅔innings
Kenta Maeda/Japan/62-48/ERA 3.88/827⅔innings
Chen Wein/Taiwan/59-51/ERA 4.18/1064⅔innings
Anyway, after winning 10 wins in 2019, Maeda only added 15 wins over four years. With a total of 62 victories, he is third in the career of active Asian major leaguers and ninth in the career of Asian major leaguers. For a year and two months, he could not threaten Ryu Hyun-jin (Toronto Blue Jays, 77 wins). Ryu Hyun-jin recently returned and added two wins, and the multiplier clock started to turn again.
The current Asian major leaguer with the most wins is Darvish Yu (San Diego Padres) with 103 wins. He racked up 16 wins last year, and he’s down the pace a little with eight wins this year. Still, he was guaranteed active service until 2028 as he received a six-year, $108 million extension this year. It is only a matter of time before he surpasses Park Chan-ho to become the most successful Asian major leaguer.
Ryu Hyun-jin and Maeda go side by side in the 2023-2024 FA market. At the age of 35-36, he also has a history of injury. The pitching style we aim for is also similar. Many say that Ryu Hyun-jin put more weight on staying in the major leagues than returning to Hanhwa this winter. If Maeda is not too greedy for terms and money, there is a good chance he will remain in the major leagues with a 1-2 year contract.
Can Ryu Hyun-jin and Maeda reach 100 career wins in the major leagues? Darvish is certain, but Ryu Hyun-jin and Maeda are unclear. It is also true that it is time to put meaning into the material itself in the major leagues.
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