Summary[]
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan fixate on their new baseball obsession, NPB shortstop (and offensive outlier) Takuya Nakashima. Then they discuss prospect terminology and the nebulous significance of the “ceiling.”
Topics[]
- Takuya Nakashima
- Is he more valuable because there's no shifts
- Is there a place for Nakashima in MLB
- Significance of prospect tag
- Makeup
Notes[]
- “He's the most effectively wild player in like 10 ways” - Ben
- He has fouled off 250 morre pitches than anyone in the NPL.
- Takuya has never hit a home run.
- 75% of Takuya’s 2 strike swings end up in a foul ball.