The beauty of bringing Shintaro Fujinami to the New York Mets this offseason was his available minor league options. If he didn’t have these available, it would have been a potential disaster for the team.
Applauded by fans beyond just the ability to send him to the minor leagues, it was a peculiar situation most of us aren’t used to seeing. Fujinami was 7-8 last season with a 7.18 ERA. Outside of a backyard Wiffle Ball league, those numbers don’t measure up strongly.
Risky Mets free agent signing of Shintaro Fujinami remains a work in progress
Shintaro Fujinami is getting hammered in Triple-A and failing to find the strike zone.
By Tim Boyle
The beauty of bringing Shintaro Fujinami to the New York Mets this offseason was his available minor league options. If he didn’t have these available, it would have been a potential disaster for the team.
Applauded by fans beyond just the ability to send him to the minor leagues, it was a peculiar situation most of us aren’t used to seeing. Fujinami was 7-8 last season with a 7.18 ERA. Outside of a backyard Wiffle Ball league, those numbers don’t measure up strongly.
It was Fujinami’s potential fans leaned into with a smile. The hard-throwing veteran from Japan might’ve gone up in smoke in year one in MLB, however, there was much thought the Mets could fix him. So far, it looks like we continue to be in buffering mode.
The free agent signing of Shintaro Fujinami is off to a slow and wildly inefficient start
Fujinami has made 8 appearances for Syracuse and completed only 5.2 innings. The 15.88 ERA is what jumps out and you can assume what the cause is. Fujinami has walked 13 batters already this season versus just 7 strikeouts. One can jokingly question if the righty is actually left-handed.
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