The first full week of the season has come to an end and we have asian players in our red and blue charts. Let's see who the first Asian player to make the list is!
Red List
Jose Ramirez, Guardians third baseman: .478 strikes, 2 home runs, 11 RBIs
Ramirez, who has just signed a seven-year contract with the Guardians, immediately rewarded the team with a brilliant performance, sending the most 11-point RBIs in the major league last week to carry the team's offense. What's even more amazing is that as a batter who is known for his long-blow ability, he hit 11 hits in 27 hits without being hit once. Keeping the cornerstone player also gives the Guardians a trustworthy reliance.
Ji-Man Choi, Rays first baseman: .438 strikes, 2 home runs, 6 RBIs
The physically resilient South Korean has been named the top baseman of the week with a .591 basemanship, and he is one of the few players in the Light squad who has achieved only 2 wins and 5 defeats this week. If the Rays want to break out of the competitive American League East, his teammates must also perform accordingly to defend the Korean cannon, which has gradually grown into the team's core batter.
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers pitcher: 1 win, 0 points in 7 innings, 13 strikeouts
In this week's start against the Twins, the three-time Sy young winner took out his peak form, dominating in seven inning pitches, delivering 13 strikeouts without letting any Twins players hit the bases. Unfortunately, despite his 80 ball counts, given his injury history last season and in order to avoid increasing his pitching load at the beginning of the season, dodgers' coaching staff chose to replace Kershaw in the middle of the game, which also regrettably lost the opportunity to challenge history. But for dodgers, who aspire to compete for the World Series title, it's even more important to have Kershaw play a whole season in good health.
Blue list
Yu Darvish, Priest pitcher: 1 win, 1 loss, 10.80 ABS
You might be surprised, how did Dabisio, who just threw 6.2 innings against the defending champion Warriors on Sunday local time and scored a winning shot, be selected for the blue list? That's because he didn't come up with the level he should have in his first game of the week. In Tuesday night's game against division rivals Giants, he gave up nine credits in just 1.2 innings and the team swallowed a 2-13 defeat. Fortunately, Darby has proved his strength by facing the Warriors' pick-up at the weekend, and hopes that in the next week, the Japanese strongball will be more stable, rather than let his fans taste the roller coaster again.
Zack Wheeler, Philadelphia pitcher: 0-2, 9.39 ERA
Philadelphia ace Wheeler, who was plagued by injuries during spring training, also had a week of hope of being forgotten, swallowing defeats in both starts, including seven innings against the less powerful Marlins in the second game. Considering that this year's spring training is much shorter than in the past, and Wheeler's preparation progress is slightly slower than other pitchers due to shoulder discomfort during spring training, perhaps he still needs to regain the outstanding state of second place in last year's National League Yang Prize vote in actual combat.
Joey Votto, Reds first baseman: .050 hits, 0 home runs, 0 RBIs
The performance of the two national league central star first basemen Wolong Fengchi made us into a difficult choice, and in the end, compared to the .050 batting percentage, 0 home runs, 1-point Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, and the final selection was the Reds veteran Wharto. Although Wotto had a higher base-up rate last week, he was hit by 10 strikeouts, six more than Goldschmidt. More importantly, thanks to Wotto's mute fire, the Reds have lost six games in a row and have fallen to the bottom of the division. If the Reds still want to make a difference this season, Then Voto, as the core of the team and the spiritual leader, can no longer sleep.
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*This article was contributed by kukushkabear