This is what early Spring Training is for, man. Completely meaningless, but fun, at bats between teammates.
In this instance, it’s Japanese star outfielder Seiya Suzuki facing Japanese ace lefty Shota Imanaga. I have really wanted to see this, and I’m probably not alone. Thanks to Ryan Herrera and Andy Martinez for grabbing video. Enjoy:
Round one goes to Shota.
I won’t pretend to be able to scout the stuff from either of those videos, and I’ll also remind folks that pitchers tend to be ahead of hitters this time of year in any case. But you sure hope that Imanaga will translate as well to MLB as Suzuki has.