The team fell to last place after losing five consecutive games, and a three-game losing pitcher (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball) celebrated 1 million YouTube subscribers

Apr 25, 2025

Yokhama foreign pitcher Bauer celebrated on his SNS account on the 24th that the number of YouTube channel subscribers exceeded 1 million. Photo capture = Yokohama BayStars SNS

Yokohama signed Bauer to an annual salary of $6 million. Expectations were high for the main starter, but it has yet to see the effect of recruiting. Photo capture = Yokohama BayStars SNS

The Yokohama BayStars are struggling early in the season. In a home game against the Hanshin Tigers at Yokohama Stadium on the 24th, they failed to keep their 2-0 lead and lost 2-4. Kohei Morihara (34), who took the mound in relief in the seventh inning when he was chasing 2-1, caught two out-counts and suddenly hit three consecutive hits. Goji Chikamoto was sent out with a double to left field, and Takumi Nakano hit a timely hit to left field. Starting pitcher Shinichi Onuki (31), who pitched two-two and six innings of one run, lost his first win of the season.

The next two outs and third base. Hanshin No. 3 Yoshita Shota hit the decisive shot. He hit a two-run home run over the left with two outs and a third base. He hit a fastball with a high speed of 145 kilometers per hour. He didn't miss the pitch and turned it into a come-from-behind home run.

He had 11 hits and only scored two runs. Yokohama's batters showed lack of concentration after scoring two runs with three hits in the first inning. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, No. 2 Ebina Datsuo was out with an infield grounder.

He gave up all three consecutive games during the week with Hanshin. He lost his first five consecutive games of the season. He is the only player in the Central League with six wins, two draws and 12 losses. He is 5.5 games apart from the first-place Hiroshima Carp at the time of 20 games.

Yokohama coach Daisuke Miura said "It's a pity that we scored the first point in the first inning and couldn't score an additional point." The batters were under a lot of pressure to hit because they were losing consecutive games.

The previous day (23rd) was also disappointing for the bullpen. He hit a winning home run in the 10th inning of extra time when the score was 2-2. Yasuaki Yamasaki (33) hit a one-run home run to left by Hanshin No. 5 Yusuke Oyama. All of the last five games have been lost by less than two points. Two of these games were lost by one point.

Bauer started against Hanshin on the 22nd and allowed four runs in seven innings. He played in three games and lost three games this season. Photo capture = Yokohama BayStars SNS

On the morning of the 24th, when Yokohama lost five consecutive games, foreign pitcher Trevor Bauer (34) posted on his SNS account. He celebrated that his YouTube channel's subscribers exceeded 1 million. He said "When I started YouTube in 2011, I didn't think it would reach 1 million subscribers. I thank you very much from the bottom of my heart."

It's personally meaningful, but if you thought about the team's performance, you should have been careful. Some Yokohama fans criticize Bauer, the winner of the Major League Cy Young Award, for looking down on Japanese professional baseball. Bauer, who started the season as the second starter, lost three games and had a 5.00 ERA. On the 22nd, the first day of the three consecutive games against Hanshin, he allowed four runs in seven innings and became a losing pitcher. In the game against the Yomiuri Giants on the 16th, Okamoto Kazuma, the fourth batter, hit a home run in a row. He allowed five runs in five innings and was replaced. I'm responsible for the team's performance on the floor. There is room for them to be seen as selfish players who cannot grasp the atmosphere and arrogant foreign helpers.

Bauer, who failed to return to the Major League, returned to Japan for the first time in two years. It signed a $6 million contract with Yokohama, which doubled from two years ago. It's the highest salary in the team. There is something different from two years ago. In 2023, he aimed to make a major league comeback by building up his performance in Japan. He reaffirmed that it was difficult to return to the Major League due to the sexual violence problem he committed during his time with the Los Angeles Dodgers last winter.

Bauer, who started as the second starter, pitched six innings of one run against Junichiro on March 29, but became a losing pitcher. Photo capture = Yokohama BayStars SNS

Yokohama fans want to see Bauer play well rather than Bauer's YouTube channel.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.