ESPN scouting report of Kei Igawa

Yankees花了26M標下井川的交涉權，這個數字來到了原先松坂的估計的20-30M的範圍。所以井川能夠表現多好就是一個問題了。目前看到的4-5號的估計，是從下面的球探報告來的。

ESPN的Keith Law做的報告...

http://tinyurl.com/y7vp53

Igawa is primarily a two-pitch pitcher, with a below-average fastball in the 84-88 mph range with a little run, and a plus 74-79 mph curveball with a late two-plane break. He has a slight stabbing motion at the start of his delivery, but stays on top of the ball well, giving the curve its good depth and creating some downhill plane to his otherwise flat fastball. He also has average command and plus control.

The downside to Igawa is that his fastball may be a little short for MLB hitters, in which case, he'll end up a reliever, and probably a good one with that plus curve as a lefty-killing weapon. (He does throw an occasional changeup, but prefers to use his curve to get righties out as well.) The upside would be if his quick delivery makes the ball hard enough for hitters to pick up that his fastball plays up to average, in which case he could certainly pitch in the back end of an NL rotation. He's also an ideal candidate to learn a splitter, although that's a common pitch in Asia and it would be a surprise if he hadn't already tried one.

看完之後實在覺得.....
最大的錯誤就是井川最強的武器球是變速球，這裡很明顯把變速球認成曲球了，也才導致台灣那奇怪的慢曲報導，井川應該投了不少滑球，不過都沒提，該不會是把這兩個認成兩方向的曲球？...另外井川的球速好像也測的比較慢...總之米國的球探報告也是有很怪的...