There is a debate surrounding the legitimacy of first-year Japanese pitchers competing against rookies for the Rookie of the Year Award.
Many first-year Japanese pitchers have prior experience in professional baseball through Japanese leagues like the Nippon Professional League. Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga and Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto have a combined 15 years of experience in the NPB — eight years and seven years, respectively.
The annual question involving first-year Asian players in MLB has surfaced again: is fair to throw them in the race for Rookie of the Year against rookies who are in their first-ever year of professional baseball.“In my view, MLB is right here.
While Rosenthal argues that the challenges presented by moving across the world to play in the Major Leagues are sufficient to label first-year Japanese pitchers as rookies, some may counter that it is taking recognition away from the success of true rookies. Expect the debate to surface again in September if Skenes and Stone can keep this up.Samantha Garcia is a student at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is majoring in Psychology and minoring in Professional Writing.
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