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Yuho Mizuno, C for the Dudes and a two-way standout. GameChanger-tracked across 35 games: a .439 hitter with a 1.230 OPS and 9 stolen bases, and a strikeout arm at 11.1 K/9 with a 3.90 ERA over 30 innings. Every number on this page is GameChanger-verified.
Season total · 3.90 ERA over 30 innings · 11.1 K/9
The high school level here feels close to high school baseball in Japan — there are plenty of guys sitting 88 to 90. College is a different thing. It's mostly juniors and seniors, the velocity is up, the breaking balls are sharper, and one through nine they can all drive the ball out the other way. Right now, competing at that level takes everything I have.
Every pitch is called from the dugout and comes through a device on my wrist — 'fastball, away.' The pitcher gets to work at his own tempo. We don't have that system in Japan yet, so all of it was new to me, and I've found it genuinely interesting.
I've always handled fastballs well, so I sit on them — and I've gotten a lot better at adjusting to offspeed from there. Once I stopped worrying about results and just enjoyed playing, the results started coming.
My coach told me that being able to play other positions would become a weapon for me, so he's given me reps at shortstop, second and third. He's using me with what comes next in mind, and I'm grateful for that.
The team feels like a family — a month in, we're already one group. I'm playing alongside guys from Mexico, Australia, the U.S. and Puerto Rico. My teammates teach me English and ask me to teach them Japanese, so we communicate just fine.
There was a time I had to give up baseball because of illness. I don't know how far I can go from here — which is exactly why I want to take it as far as I possibly can as a player.
Head coach reference (Colin McBride, Redmond Dudes 18U) available on request.
4539 N 22nd St, Ste R, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, USA
SK20 Bldg 201, 4-6-1 Tomizawa, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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