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Former Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Trevor Bauer is plying his trade in the far East, for the Yokohama DeNA Baystars of the NPB. So far, Bauer is enjoying a solid season, boasting a 4-3 record, along with a 3.04 ERA and 70 total strikeouts.
Along with pitching for the Baystars, Bauer is quite active on social media, giving fans exclusive insight into life as a professional baseball player. Doing so, the pitcher has built up quite a strong following on his various social media profiles, with over 837,000 followers on Instagram and over a million subscribers on YouTube, as of writing.
On Friday, Trevor Bauer posted a video on Instagram breaking down his intense showdown with Teruaki Sato, a top NPB rising star. This at-bat occurred when Bauer's Baystars faced Sato's Hanshin Tigers on May 27.
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"What happens when you face one of Japan's top young stars with everything on the line? That's Teruaki Sato, six-foot lefty with a violent swing," Baeur said. "He's even taken MLB arms deep in the past, and if I miss even once, he'll make me pay. First pitch, splitter. I tried to get it up and freeze him, but I missed. Ball one, so I slow it down. Curveball on the outer third, he watches it for strike one. You can tell here he didn't like the call, that told me he's going to be patient, but still hunting for his pitch."
"Next pitch, I go fastball, up and in that backs him off the plate for ball two. Now I've shown the off-speed and heater, so I double down on another splitter, he turns on it and crushes it foul. I had a feeling he was starting to time me up, so I try to steal one on the edge.
"A curveball, low and outside corner that barely missed for ball three, now we have a full count, everything's on the table. I'm going down and in the dirt, he swings over it for strike three." Bauer added
Trevor Bauer pitches nine-inning gem in Baystars' win on Friday
Trevor Bauer took to the mound for the Baystars - currently second in the Central League - when they faced off against the Pacific League leaders, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Pitching nine innings, allowing only one earned run and striking out four, Bauer was at his very best, helping his team secure a narrow 2-1 win. As the Baystars look to make it back-to-back Japan Series wins, fans will be hoping for more of the same from their ace.
