Major League Baseball Complete Player Directory 2022

In response to popular demand, this edition features even more players than last year. It also includes full-color photos for a visually rich experience. Despite its 500 pages, it's highly portable and perfect for watching games on TV.

This season, Seiya Suzuki became a new Major Leaguer, and Yusei Kikuchi transferred teams. Many big-name players have moved teams, resulting in significant shifts in team strength. Keep an eye on the further development of Shohei Ohtani, the two-way player who won the American League MVP last year. This book is a must-have for fans hungry for the latest Major League Baseball (MLB) news. This 2022 edition, like last year's, visualizes the roster. The "Depth Chart," which shows the player depth and hierarchy by position, allows you to visually understand team strength. It also features plenty of promising players eligible for Rookie of the Year. We've anticipated breakout young players and assigned them A, B, and C rating levels. This book also includes comprehensive information on players joining and leaving teams.

Furthermore, it contains information on pitching speed, types of pitches (including signature pitches), ERA against left-handed and right-handed batters, batting average against left-handed and right-handed pitchers, home and away statistics, batting average with runners in scoring position, stolen base prevention rate, annual salary, title history, and strengths and weaknesses. It also covers information on managers, coaches, GMs, and teams.

For pitchers, it includes WHIP, and for fielders, OPS—metrics that have become increasingly important in Major League Baseball in recent years.

In addition, it is packed with unique information, such as a "5-level ability rating." The "5-level ability rating" for pitchers covers five categories: pitching power, control, change of pace, fielding/pickoffs, and courage. For fielders, it covers five categories: contact, power, base running, fielding, and arm strength, with a 5-level rating (rarely including 5+). Shohei Ohtani's pitching rating is: pitching power 5, control 4, change of pace 5, fielding/pickoffs 5, courage 5. Furthermore, Ohtani's evaluation as a position player is: Contact 3, Power 5+, Baserunning 5, Fielding 4, Arm 5. No other book presents such detailed data and analysis.

In addition to technical discussions, the book also includes numerous behind-the-scenes stories revealing the unique personalities, character, and private lives of the players. You can gain a deep understanding of the personalities of players like Dolbeck (Red Sox), the handsome player with overwhelming popularity among women; Stripling (Blue Jays), the unconventional pitcher with a stock dealer's license; McGwire (Blue Jays), who was fined for public indecency; Mullins (Orioles), who loves Japanese anime; Canna (Mets), the iron man who survived being hit by pitches 27 times last year; Suter (Brewers), the brilliant Harvard graduate passionate about environmental activism; Frazier (Cubs), the troublemaker who vents his frustrations on Twitter; and Machado (Padres), the brawler who sows the seeds of fights.

The book also includes a wealth of related information. This book is packed with detailed information about each player, including names and anecdotes about their parents, siblings, spouse, and other family members. It also includes extensive information on each player's injuries, chronic illnesses, drug use, troubles, arrest records, and religious affiliations.

Furthermore, this book was supervised by Masanori "Massy" Murakami, the first Japanese Major League Baseball player who played for the San Francisco Giants. Under his supervision, the book explains Major League terminology that is unfamiliar to Japanese readers. You can understand pitch names like cutters and splitters, pitcher terms like "swingman," and fielder terms like "free-swinger," giving you a taste of the real Major League experience.

●Opening Color Pages: Featured Players from 30 MLB Teams…Judge, Bichette, Perez, Wheeler, Burns, Tatis Jr., and others ●Team Analysis of All 30 MLB Teams (with ratings for pitching, offense, defense, mobility, and overall strength) & Player Analysis ●Feature 1: Superstar Shohei Ohtani from a Money Perspective ●Feature 2: Pitchers in Panic! The Impact of the Sticky Substance Ban ●Feature 3: How Will Seiya Suzuki Evaluate and Perform? Japanese Outfielders in the FA Market