"Ito Tsutomu, who served as manager of Seibu and Chiba Lotte, criticized Rocky Sasaki, who has been avoiding playing recently, although he has been raising expectations as a pillar of Chiba Lotte\'s pitching staff on his YouTube channel," Japanese media Sponizia Nex said on the 1st. Sasaki is Japan\'s next-generation ace, who has recorded a total of 55 games (343 ⅓ innings) in Japanese professional baseball with 24 wins and 12 losses and a 1.99 ERA. As a special right-hander who throws fastballs and sharp folk balls over 160km/h, many major league teams are already paying keen attention to the extent that scouts visit the stadium every game to recruit Sasaki. 토토사이트 모음

Sasaki showed amazing potential by achieving the youngest perfect game in the Japanese pro baseball history in 2022, recording nine wins and four losses with a 2.02 ERA in 20 games (129 ⅓ innings) this year, marking his career high. However, he has not been able to show as much growth as expected since then, as he has been hamstrung by injuries every time. Last season, he recorded only seven wins and four losses with a 1.78 ERA in 15 games (91 innings).

Nevertheless, Sasaki was embroiled in controversy after announcing his intention to enter the Major League through posting to the Chiba Lotte club after the end of last season. Chiba Lotte expressed its position that it cannot allow Sasaki to enter the Major League because he has not contributed properly to the club yet, who has not played a full season. Sasaki failed to reach an agreement in salary negotiations until the last of the Japanese professional baseball players, but the agreement was reached dramatically just before the spring camp, allowing him to meet his fans again.

Having stayed in Japan for this season after many twists and turns, Sasaki has won five games and lost two games (59 ⅔ innings) with a 1.96 ERA in nine games this season. His performance was good when he took the mound, but he was hamstrung again by the injury. After allowing one run and five hits, two walks, one strikeout and one strikeout in seven innings at the match against Softbank on May 24, Sasaki threw 119 pitches and was removed from the main league entry due to fatigue in his upper body. After taking a two-week rest, he won the game against Hiroshima on April 8 by allowing one run and three hits, one strikeout and one run in six innings. However, Sasaki was injured again even though he threw only 90 pitches. Due to poor condition of his right upper arm, he did not take the mound at the match against Chunichi Dragons, which was scheduled on April 15. After all, he has yet to take the mound in the first division league since the game against Hiroshima on April 8.

"Sasaki doesn\'t throw the ball all year round. I think he is playing baseball with the Major League in his mind. It makes me feel a little disappointed if he watches it," Ito said. The full count also criticized, "Sasaki is not a starting pitcher who aims to win the title, as he suddenly avoided taking the mound or was registered after pitching well."

"Where on earth do you look to play baseball?" Ito said, "It\'s good to go to the Major League in the future, but first of all, you should play baseball for your Japanese team. It\'s frustrating because he highly values Sasaki as a pitcher who can win every game he throws. Professional baseball players are said to be "individual business owners," but they are still a team sport and have fans who support the team. It is baseball that fights with everyone throughout the season. I hope you act with your attitude so that you don\'t feel like that way (individualism)," he said, stressing that he needs to show commitment to the team.