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Activating Imai on Tuesday from the 15-day injured list did not arrive as a resu
lt of any improvements he made or meaningful changes he enacted. He did nothing
team officials hoped he would during his two minor-league rehab appearances, bot
h of which he made with a clean bill of health but still on the injured list wit
h “right arm fatigue.”




Major-league results are all that matter, but that Imai threw 47.5 percent of hi
s pitches for strikes and found little success against both a Double-A and Tripl
e-A lineup must prompt massive concern. After throwing three innings for Triple-
A Sugar Land last week, Imai indicated a difference in major-league scouting rep
orts contributed to his problems.




In Japan, Imai said, the pregame focus is on a pitcher’s strengths. MLB teams a
re more focused on an opponent’s weakness. As a result, pitching coach Josh Mil
ler and catcher Christian Vázquez all but eliminated a pregame scouting report
Tuesday.

今井表示在日本賽前準備重點通常放在投手自身的優勢；但MLB球隊更重視對手的弱點，因
此投手教練Josh Miller與捕手Christian Vazquez在週二幾乎完全取消了賽前球探報告


“Red (zones), blue (zones), heat maps … nah, just go after them,” Espada said
 pregame.

「紅區、藍區、熱區圖……不用管那些，直接去對決就好」Espada在賽前表示


Given full autonomy to pitch as he saw fit, Imai relied on what inspired this te
am to pay him. Each of Imai’s 80 pitches were either a four-seam fastball or sl
ider.

在獲得完全自主配球權的情況下，今井選擇依靠太空人當初願意砸錢簽下他的武器，他這場
80球全部都是四縫線速球或滑球


“That’s what I did in Japan and that’s why the Astros signed me,” Imai said.
 “So that’s why I want to work on my fastball and slider, and, if that didn’t
 work, try my other pitches. But for now, I want to work on my fastball and slid
er.”

「我在日本就是這樣投球的，這也是太空人簽下我的原因」今井表示

「所以我想先把速球跟滑球調整好，如果真的行不通，再去使用其他球種，但現階段，我還
是想專注在速球與滑球上」


Seattle swung 38 times against the reduced arsenal and whiffed nine times. Of th
e 13 balls put in play against Imai, 10 were struck 95 mph or harder. Seattle av
eraged a 96.6 mph exit velocity, making it a minor miracle they mustered just fi
ve hits in Imai’s four innings.




After the game, Espada acknowledged there were “windows that (Imai) could have
used his split-finger or changeup,” especially against Seattle’s slew of left-
handed hitters. Imai hasn’t commanded his arsenal against anyone, but his inabi
lity to neutralize lefties has been of particular concern to team officials.

賽後Espada坦言「其實有些時機點今井可以使用指叉球或變速球」

尤其是在面對西雅圖大量左打者時，今井目前對所有球種的控球都不理想，而他無法壓制左
打者，更成為球隊高層特別擔憂的問題


“We wanted to pound the zone with the two pitches he can command and control,”
 Espada said.

「我們希望他用自己最能掌控的那兩種球路持續攻擊好球帶」Espada表示




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