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| Boston outfielder Yoshida. In his third year in the Major League, his position in the team is unstable. AFP Yonhap News |
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| Yoshida, a skilled Boston outfielder who is gradually losing competitiveness. AFP Yonhap News |
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| Yoshida played only one game in left field, his main position last year. AFP Yonhap News |
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A half-player with an average salary of $18 million, who is often sick and poor at defense. Boston Red Sox outfielder Yoshida The gaze at Masataka (32) is cold. a third year in the major leagues. The question mark cannot be removed and its presence continues to fade. His stately appearance as the fourth batter in the 2023 opening game has disappeared.
It's back pain following right shoulder. Yoshida recently traveled to Boston from Fort Myers, Florida, to undergo a thorough examination. He underwent surgery on his right shoulder last winter and is in rehabilitation. It opened in the minor leagues while on the injured list (IL).
The team's position is constantly narrowed. Boston manager Alex Cora said he was going to adjust for Fort Myers until he could play outfield, but now he will prepare for his rehab in Boston. He did not give details on the condition of his injuries. It's like adding insult to injury.
U.S. media said Boston will not rush Yoshida's Major League call-up. Injuries are also injuries, but the position is ambiguous. Over the past two years, it has been evaluated that the defense is weak as an outfielder. As a designated hitter who focuses on hitting, he lacks a lot of slugging power. He has a better designated hitter substitution than Yoshida. In other words, the seat has disappeared.
Yoshida appeared in 87 games in left field in his major league debut season in 2023. There was only one game last season. He mostly played as a designated hitter. Even if he recovers from injury, it is difficult to play as a designated hitter in the current situation. Third baseman Rafael Devers, who is 'main gun', is playing as the designated hitter after suffering a left shoulder injury. Cora said he would leave Devers as the designated hitter this season. The three outfield seats are also full, so there are no vacancies.
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| Yoshida, who played as the Orix No. 4 hitter, played in the WBC for Japan in 2023 when he moved to Boston. Reporter Park Jae-man |
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| Yoshida played as the main hitter for the 2023 WBC Japan national team. Sports Chosun DB |
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Orix Buffaloes No. 4 hitter and the main hitter of the Japanese national team. Yoshida, who led the Orix to the Japan Series, moved to Boston in December 2022. 5-$90 million, average annual salary of $18 million. He signed a contract for the highest amount of money ever for a Japanese fielder. I left 15.4 million dollars for posting to my old team.
A career batting average of 327 in Japanese professional baseball. During his seven seasons with the Orix, he had 884 hits, 133 homers, and 467 RBIs. He topped the batting list twice.
He showed impressive batting in response to early expectations in his debut season, but gradually lost his competitiveness. He hit 155 hits-15 home runs in his first year and recorded 106 hits-10 home runs last year. The harsh criticism of the outfield defense is painful. Even before moving to the U.S., there was talk of defense, but the field evaluation was more cold.
Boston pushed for Yoshida's trade last year. I failed because of my high salary. For the time being, he is in a position to carry an 18-million-dollar-a-year fielder who is less competitive.
Major League Baseball is not easy even for Japan's best hitter. Yoshida is the winner of the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) Japanese national team. Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers
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| Yoshida played as the fourth batter in the opening game of his first year in the major leagues. Sports Chosun DB |
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He played as a main hitter with Lars Nootba (St. Louis Cardinals), Kensuke Kondo (Softbank Hawks), Kazuma Okamoto (Yomiuri Giants), and Munetaka Murakami (Yakurt Swallows).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
