As for the Hanshin Tigers, Fujinami Jintaro was quickly brought up to the major league to receive professional baseball training as soon as he entered the league. Over the past three seasons, he pitched 24, 25, and 28 games respectively, including more than seven complete games in a single season.
Even though he has continuously led the league, or even topped it, in four-bad-ball walking, hitting batters, and wild pitches for three seasons straight, the Hanshin Tigers' pitching team has focused only on flashy stats like ERA and strikeouts, without making any improvements on his potential weaknesses.
It wasn't until this season, when problems erupted, that they hurriedly tried to address them. However, the proposed solutions were not scientifically founded but consisted more of senseless modifications to his pitching mechanics and making him pitch more, which only made Fujinami's situation worse.
