former japanese professionals and the ROY award
Posted on: February 3, 2008 8:44 pm
we all know that former japanese professional baseball players are eligible for the mlb ROY award. is it really fair? one would ultimately assume that Kosuke Fukudome of the chicago Cubs would be the early prediction for the NL ROY award. he is 30 years old and has like 9 years of professional experience prior to entering this season. the questions i am asking is should former japanese professionals be eligible for this award? i have heard diffferent comparisons for the japanese leagues with most coming in as having it comparable to AAA. however some believe the elite league in japan (the one fukudome, Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, etc., played in) as more like a AAAA league. i know this toopic has been debated before on numerous occasions but it has never really been relevant to cubs fans. now it is. as a cubs fan i would love to see fukudome play great baseball and win the ROY award, but more so just play great baseball. what is everyone elses take on the situation?
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Posted on: February 3, 2008 10:30 pm
former japanese professionals and the ROY awardIf a guy spends 9 years in the minors, comes up and is great...you'll give him the award. So why not Japanese players. It's not like the minor leagues aren't proffesional baseball too. If it's your first year in the MLB, and you are the best one of the bunch...you deserve the ROY. |
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Posted on: February 3, 2008 11:52 pm
former japanese professionals and the ROY awardItll be interesting to see two Cubs compete for NL ROY, because if im not mistaken I believe Soto qualifies no? I can see how people feel that 20 something y/o guys may get shafted by a 30 something who comes in and wins the award, but they both have the same MMLB expirence so whats the problem? |
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