HIRATSUKA, Japan — Trevor Bauer began Saturday in his second minor-league sport in Japan and mentioned he wants to extend his pitch depend earlier than he can debut for Yokohama’s DeNA BayStars. The former Cy Young winner, unsigned by any main league membership after claims of home violence, joined Yokoham...

He has a 0.64 ERA, 0.82 WHIP, .092 opponent batting common and .115 opponent slugging proportion. He additionally has 4 homers, together with a 116.7 mph one this week at Yankee Stadium, and a hard-hit fee above 50%. Here are 5 Ohtani stats to assist put his greatness in context. • As famous above, he’s allowed simply an .092 opponent batting common this 12 months. That’s the bottom in a pitcher’s first 5 begins in a season for the reason that mound was moved to its present distance in 1893, per the Elias Sports Bureau (with a minimal of 10 innings pitched, to isolate conventional starters). The prior report was .102, by David Cone in 1999. • Just to dive deeper on that batting common, let’s go to the counting stats. He’s allowed simply eight hits, out of 105 batters confronted. That’s the...