Kenta Maeda
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Kenta Maeda (born April 11, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
He competed in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp earlier.
He received the 2010 Eiji Sawamura Award with 174 strikeouts in 215 and 2/3 innings, as well as six complete games with two shutouts.
He was also the first pitcher in Japanese baseball to win the pitching Triple Crown in the same year.
For the second time in 2015, he received the Sawamura Award. Fans and colleagues (from MAEda KENTA) have nicknamed him "Maeken."
Personal life
Maeda, his wife, Saho, daughter, and son live in Tokyo. Maeda, a devote to the reality television show Terrace House since its inception, requested to be a guest commentator and appeared in episode 45 of the Opening New Doors season.
Professional career
The Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's 2006 NPB Draft selected Maeda out of PL Gakuen Senior High School (NPB). He spent time with the Carp's secondary team in 2007 before being called up to the NPB team in 2008. Maeda's rookie season of 2008 ended with a 9–2 win-loss record and a 3.20 earned run average (ERA) in 19 games (18 starts). He had an 8.14 ERA in 29 starts in 2009, making him 8–14. He did even better in 2010 with a 15–8 record, a 2.21 ERA, and 172 strikeouts in 28 starts, with a 15.18 ERA. With a 2.46 ERA and 178 strikeouts in 31 starts, he was 10-12 in 2011. The 2012 season was much better for Maeda, with his record being 14–7 with a 1.53 ERA in 29 starts. His best record was in 2013 when he was 15–7 with a 2.10 ERA in 26 starts. In 2014, he was 11–9 with a 2.60 ERA in 27 starts. He went 15-08 with a 2.09 ERA in 29 starts in 2015 and reached his high point in 2015. He received the Sawamura Award in both 2010 and 2015 as the league's best pitcher, as well as the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history to win the pitching Triple Crown. In December 2015, the Carp decided to make him available to Major League Baseball (MLB) teams through the posting system.
On January 7, 2016, Maeda agreed to an eight-year, $25 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, which also included $10 million per year in incentives. If he had been on the 25-man active roster or $6.5 million per year based on starts, the agreement would have cost him a total of $90.2 million per year through the duration of the deal. Based on the innings pitched, it received rebates of $3.5 million annually, ranging from 90 to each additional 10 through 190. The 200 has received $750,000 for 200. Since Maeda's original physical with the team revealed certain "irregularities," the deal was structured in this manner. The Hiroshima Carp's payment of $20 million was also paid by the Dodgers.
Maeda earned the victory on his debut in MLB on April 6, 2016, pitching six shutout innings against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. In the top of the second inning, Padres starter Andrew Cashner struck out for his first major league appearance. In his second at-bat for his first major league hit, he hit a home run off of Cashner in his second at-bat. He made a team debut with a 16-11 record and 3.48 ERA, and was selected by Baseball America to their all-rookie team. He made three starts in the Dodgers' post-season, losing one game in the Division Series and pitching two no-decisions in the Championship Series. In 102 runs in 102.33 innings, he allowed eight runs in 102–3 innings. In the National League Rookie of the Year Award's third year, he came in third, behind colleague Corey Seager and Trea Turner of the Washington Nationals.
Maeda started the season in 2017 with a 5.16 ERA that forced him to be dropped from the rotation and tried in relief. On June 9, he pitched three innings out of the pen for his first career save. He was back in the rotation on June 18 and only allowed one run on three hits in five innings, but the Dodgers had too many starting pitchers on the roster to start the game. However, he appeared in one game in relief before returning to the starting rotation, and from June 18 to August 25, he had gone 8–2 with a 2.70 ERA as a starter. The Dodgers recalled Maeda back into the bullpen at the end of the season in order to try him in the playoffs for future use. He played in 29 games with 25 starts and a record of 13–6 with a 4.22 ERA during the regular season. As a relief pitcher, he made the post-season roster. In the 2017 NLDS and three scoreless innings in the 2017 NLCS, he pitched two scoreless innings with four strikeouts. Maeda pitched 52 wickets in four games in the 2017 World Series, which the Dodgers lost in seven games in seven games, allowing one run on four hits. In 32 at-bats against him in the post-season, right-handed batters had only four hits in 32 at-bats.
In the starting rotation, Maeda began the 2018 season. He went 6–7, had a 3.85 ERA, and had more than 100 strikeouts per nine innings in his 20 starts. He returned to the bullpen on August 14 and made 19 relief appearances, going 2–3 with two saves and a 3.57 ERA. As a reliever, he struck out 26 batters and walked only 3. He finished the season 8–10 with 153 strikeouts and a 3.81 record in 39 games. Maeda made eight relief appearances in the season, allowing 3 runs in 6.2 innings.
Maeda made his 2019 debut in the Dodgers' starting rotation before converting to the bullpen at the end of the season. He made 26 starts (and 11 relief appearances) in his career, leading to a ten-08 record and a 4.04 ERA with 169 strikeouts.
The Dodgers traded Maeda, Jar Camargo, and cash considerations to the Minnesota Twins for Brusdar Graterol, Luke Raley, and the 67th draft pick in the 2020 MLB draft on February 10, 2020.
Maeda made his Twins debut on July 25, 2020. He won his 50th MLB appearance on August 12, his 50th in totality.
Against the Milwaukee Brewers on August 18, Maeda pitched a no-hitter through eight innings. He K'd 12 batters (8 in a row, which was a new Twins record) with 2 BBs. Eric Sogard, the first batter Maeda faced in the top of the 9th, shattered the no-hitter.
He was 6–1 with a 2.70 ERA in the 2020 season. He dominated the major leagues in WHIP (0.750). Shane Bieber came in second place for the 2020 American League Cy Young Award runner-up. Maeda's record in the 2021 season was 6–5 with a 4.66 ERA. Maeda had undergone Tommy John surgery and would miss the entire 2022 season.
International career
Maeda was selected for the Japanese national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic, 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series, and 2015 WBSC Premier12.
In the 2013 World Baseball Classic, the hitters were batting in the tournament to gauge his desire to play in MLB. Maeda opened two games in the pool rounds, against China and Netherlands, giving them just two hits and one walk striking out 15 in ten innings. Despite only allowing one run in five innings, he was the losing pitcher in the semi-finals against Puerto Rico. He was chosen to be a member of the all-tournament team.
Maeda pitched five shut out innings in the 2014 MLB All-Star Series.
Maeda also pitched in the 2015 WBSC Premier12 tournament, where he allowed two earned runs while striking out 14 in 12 innings.
In addition,, he was selected by MLB All-Stars at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series on October 29, 2018.