{"id":1238,"date":"2022-12-20T19:51:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T10:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2022-12-20T19:51:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T10:51:55","slug":"how-billy-eppler-and-the-mets-finally-landed-kodai-senga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1238","title":{"rendered":"How Billy Eppler and the Mets finally landed Kodai Senga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/559946085502944353\/profile_1.jpg);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>New York Daily News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHi, I am Kodai Senga of the New York Mets,\u201d said the Mets\u2019 newest hurler, introducing himself to the Major Leagues on Monday at Citi Field. \u201cI am very happy and excited to be in the Big Apple and to join such a great team.\u201d It was a moment long in the making. General manager Billy Eppler had an eye for nearly a decade, going back to his days as a Pacific Rim scout who famously aided in the signing of Masahiro Tanaka with the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani with the Los Angeles Angels. Eppler first came across the right-hander in 2013, three years after he was taken by Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/977885490281775104?c=768235488726712320\" rel=\"noopener\">\u3082\u3063\u3068\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by New York Daily News \u201cHi, I am Kodai Senga of the New York Mets,\u201d said the Mets\u2019 newest hurler, introducing himself to the Major Leagues on Monday at Citi Field. \u201cI am very happy and excit 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