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Tanaka, Abreu, and Ventura shine as MLB's top 3 rookies in April 2014

Masahiro Tanaka

Masahiro Tanaka, the Japanese starter who inked a seven-year, $155-million deal with the Yankees this winter, required a mere five starts to unambiguously cement his position as the most intimidating pitcher in New York's rotation, a fraternity that includes a former Cy Young award winner and another former All-Star.

The expatriate's devastating splitter and elite command were abundantly manifest during the first month of his big-league career, as Tanaka averaged 11.61 strikeouts per nine innings while issuing walks to only 4.3 percent of hitters who faced him in April. The 25-year-old also demonstrated an uncanny ability to put himself in favorable counts, as only one qualified starter found himself in an 0-2 count with greater frequency:

Player Age IP 0-2 count % ▾ 1st-pitch strike % Strike %
Phil Hughes 27 28 40.5% 73.6% 71.8%
Masahiro Tanaka 25 35.2 34.5% 64% 68.7%
Zach McAllister 26 33 34.3% 67.1% 67.1%
Tom Koehler 27 30.1 33.9% 60.6% 60.4%
Andrew Cashner 27 40.1 33.7% 67.5% 69.2%
Similarly, Tanaka reached a 3-0 count just twice through the first month of the season, a negligible figure that accounts for a mere 1.4 percent of his plate appearances.

Tanaka's ability to both induce empty swings and limit free passes has effectively mitigated the fact that he's proven slightly vulnerable to the home run thus far, averaging 1.3 allowed per nine innings. As such, his 2.27 ERA represents the eighth-best mark in the American League, while his 7.67 strikeout-to-walk ratio trails only four qualified starters.

Jose Abreu

Once a divisive figure among talent evaluators, Jose Abreu emphatically vindicated everyone who believed in him - including, of course, the Chicago White Sox - with an eye-popping April in which he led the major leagues with 10 home runs.

Abreu's purportedly suspect hitting ability, some scouts insisted, would seriously undermine the Cuban's immense power against big-league pitchers, a concern articulated in a profile by Baseball America's Ben Badler last August:

While interest in Abreu will be strong among some teams, there’s expected to be a split camp, with some scouts not sold that his hitting will translate against major league pitching.

Abreu is an intelligent hitter without a lot of effort in in his swing and the power to hit 30-plus homers in a season. He has an unorthodox setup with a double toe tap in his stride, and some scouts consider his bat speed only fair, which they believe makes it hard for him to catch up to good velocity on the inner third of the plate.
The first month of the 2014 season suggests Abreu possesses the necessary skills to actualize his power without sacrificing on-base ability, as he's not only managed a .348 ISO - the second-best mark in the major leagues - but also an entirely respectable .336 on-base percentage.

Abreu's 7 percent walk rate through April is hardly robust, but he's not striking out with concerning frequency either, fanning in 21.9 percent of his trips to the plate. The latter figure is particularly encouraging when you consider how pitchers have attacked the burly defector - only 15 qualified hitters in the American League have seen a greater percentage of off-speed pitches than Abreu.

Yordano Ventura

With an explosive fastball and an atypical physique - he stands just 5-foot-11, decidedly short for a right-handed starter - Yordano Ventura was already among the most compelling characters of the 2014 season. And now he has a stat line befitting his reputation.

Ventura, whose fastball routinely reaches triple digits, was dominant through the first month of the campaign, allowing one earned run or less in four of his five starts en route to 1.50 ERA, the best mark among American League starters.

It's pretty much fait accompli that a pitcher with Ventura's electric fastball and plus breaking ball will accumulate strikeouts with relative ease - his 25.4 percent strikeout rate ranks among the league's leaders - but even more impressive is how his overpowering velocity makes him incredibly difficult to square up; the young right-hander's 77.1 percent zone-contact rate represents the best mark among qualified starters. Ventura's fastball-centric repertoire is also conducive to poor contact, as only six other starters induce infield popups with greater regularity.

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Le Baseball sur PPM?

Ca n'est pas prévu pour le moment, il y aura d'abord le basket en fin d'année.

Cabrera et Fielder Tandem:

Avec un contrat de 292 millions et 168 millions de dollars...l'ancien duo fracassant des Tigers est en perte de vitesse terrible (Tigers et Rangers). Ne plus frapper l'un a la suite de l'autre semble quelque peut les perturber en tout cas eux ont signé un contrat juteux juste a temps...

Affaire a suivre...

Quelle est la différence entre softball et baseball ?

Un petit curieux...

tuas oublié stanton de miami un genie de 24 ans

C'est principalement la taille de la balle et de la bat qui diffèrent.

Ok, donc les règles sont grosso modo les mêmes...
Et du coup seconde question, lexicale; tu écris "bat", et pas "batte" ?

Les lancers diffèrent aussi. Au Softball le lancer se fait par en dessous l'épaule alors qu'au baseball le lancé peut se faire par dessus. Il y a sûrement d'autres petites différences, mais je suis pas assez calé pour te les donner. Quand au bat, je donne l'orthographe anglaise ne connaissant pas la française

Ok Sir greub !

Comme dit Greub une des principales différences est la taille de la balle, c'est la plus connue et évidente.
Mais il y a d'autres différences de toute sorte: le matériel, le terrain, les règles...en général le Baseball reste masculin alors que le Softball peut être aussi bien féminin, masculin ou mixte. Tout dépend de l'âge et des fédérations.

Ok !

Et ce sport se joue majoritairement aux USA si je ne m'abuse... quelles sont les forces en présences ? je constate aussi qu'il y a de sacrés joueurs non américains, sont-ils nombreux ?

Contrairement a ce qu'on peut croire, le Baseball est non seulement joue aux USA, mais bcp au Japon, Amérique du Sud, Îles limitrophes...moins en Europe (plus rependu en Italie et Pays Bas avec championnat semi pro voire Pro).

En France on doit avoisiner les 11000 licenciés...c'est pas bcp mal pas mal

Il y a des joueurs du monde entier qui essaient de percer aux USA ou Japon (Top Pro)...les japonais et américains s'échangent pas de joueurs, bcp de "Latinos" jouent aussi en Pro US (MLB), plus rares sont les européens qui jouent en Triple A, Double A...(Farming system ou dit Minor League).

Des français aussi avaient integre le Japon et la Minor League.