What's wrong with the winner of the Cy Young Award with a losing ERA of 5.00 and an annual salary of 8.5 billion won in 3 consecutive games

Apr 23, 2025

What's wrong with the winner of the Cy Young Award with a losing ERA of 5.00 and an annual salary of 8.5 billion won in 3 consecutive games
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



What's wrong with the winner of the Cy Young Award with a losing ERA of 5.00 and an annual salary of 8.5 billion won in 3 consecutive games
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
What's wrong with the winner of the Cy Young Award with a losing ERA of 5.00 and an annual salary of 8.5 billion won in 3 consecutive games
Bauer made his first start against Chunichi on March 29 and pitched six innings of one run. However, the batters remained silent and became ㅐ fighters. Photo capture = Yokohama BayStars SNS
It's not the picture I expected.

Yokohama BayStars right-hander Trevor Bauer (34) became a losing pitcher again. He started the game against the Hanshin Tigers at Yokohama Stadium in Kanagawa Prefecture on the 22nd and allowed four runs in seven innings. He threw 96 pitches and gave up nine hits and two walks, including one home run. He played the longest innings this season, but the main starter, who had to break the losing streak, did not support him until the end.

Down 0-4 in the bottom of the seventh. Yokohama's batters drove in three hits and followed two runs. The batting line broke out for the first time in a long time, but it did not change the flow of the game. Yokohama, which lost 2-4, lost three consecutive games. One win (five losses) in the last six games. The Central League alone fell to last place.




He threw against the Yomiuri Giants on the 16th and took the mound in six days. He stopped the first inning with three outs and gave up the first run in the second inning. Hanshin No. 4 Teruaki Sato hit a triple in the right field. At 1B, the fastball was driven to a high course in the middle. One run at the expense of a sacrifice.

In the fourth inning, Hanshin's top batting line broke out one after another. No. 2 Takumu Nakano, No. 3 Shota Morishita, and No. 4 Sato hit three consecutive hits to score one point. Bauer allowed two hits and a steal in the fifth inning, allowing another run. In the seventh inning, trailing 0-3, Hanshin No. 1 Koji Chikamoto hit a home run to seal the net. Bauer said in a postgame interview that "The pitching wasn't that bad. Did one's best." he said.

Three losses in three games this season. The ERA is 5.00. The last time he won against Chunichi was on August 25, 2023.




The image of overwhelming the opponent's batter two years ago disappeared. It is hard to find a winner of the Major League Cy Young Award. If this continues,
What's wrong with the winner of the Cy Young Award with a losing ERA of 5.00 and an annual salary of 8.5 billion won in 3 consecutive games
Zikamoto hit a wedge home run in the seventh inning with a 3-0 lead. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS
Concerns are bound to grow.

The first game was good. In his first appearance against the Chunichi Dragons on March 29, he allowed one run in six innings. He lost for the first time because he didn't receive scoring support. Bauer went down to the first team two days later to reorganize. However, it didn't have a resting effect. He went out against Yomiuri on the 16th and allowed five runs in five innings. Kazuma Okamoto, the fourth batter of the Yomiuri Giants, hit a home run in a row. The fastball came out to the mid 150km/h range, but Molly had a lot of balls.

Yokohama produced a lie-like reversal drama last year. He advanced to the Japan Series by beating second-place Hanshin and first-place Yomiuri by ranking third in the Central League. The unexpected series led to the Japan series. After two consecutive losses against the Softbank Hawks, the team with the highest winning percentage (0.650), it has won four consecutive games. He lifted the trophy for the first time in 26 years. Ace Shota Imanaga (Chicago Cubs) made a brilliant performance even though he left for the Major League. Yokohama is the team that reached the Japan Series with the lowest winning percentage (0.507) ever.




This year, he aimed to win the league and win the Japan Series for the second consecutive time. Bauer, who failed to return to the Major League, was recruited to strengthen his power. 2년 전의 두 배인
What's wrong with the winner of the Cy Young Award with a losing ERA of 5.00 and an annual salary of 8.5 billion won in 3 consecutive games
Sato hit a triple and a double against Yokohama starter Bauer on the 22nd, walked and got on base. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS
He signed an annual contract of 6 million dollars (about 8.55 billion won).

However, it is not seeing the expected effect of recruiting Bauer.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.