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Shusaku
Higashi		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 18, 1996 in Japan
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2018 22 DC FF   2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
2019 23 DC FF   1 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
2020 24 VA FF   1 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
2021 25 VA FF   1 2 2 2 6 5 5 6 6 6
2022 26 VA FF   1 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6
2023 27 MA FF $ 300,000 1 3 3 3 9 8 9 5 5 5
2024 28 MA FF $ 300,000 1 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5
2025 29 MA FF $ 300,000 1 3 3 3 9 8 9 6 6 6
2026 30 MA FF $ 300,000 1 3 3 3 9 8 9 5 5 5
2027 31 MA FF $ 300,000 1 3 3 3 9 8 9 5 5 5
2028 32 MA FF $ 300,000 1 3 3 3 9 8 9 4 4 4
2029 33 MA FF $ 300,000 1 2 3 3 9 9 9 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 2 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2018 22 DC FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 23 DC FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 24 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 25 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 26 VA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 27 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2024 28 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2025 29 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2026 30 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2027 31 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2028 32 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2029 33 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2018 22 A   3 4 .429 66 0 0 0 0 68.0 64 33 7 28 31 4.37 .248 .322 .376 .698  
2019 23 A   5 3 .625 71 0 0 0 7 64.3 63 29 5 28 21 4.06 .256 .332 .382 .714  
2020 24 AA   0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 7.3 10 7 2 1 1 8.59 .323 .344 .581 .924  
    A   4 5 .444 46 0 0 0 20 52.3 45 15 3 24 32 2.58 .238 .324 .344 .668  
2021 25 AA   3 7 .300 55 0 0 0 3 69.0 85 44 9 19 31 5.74 .305 .349 .462 .811  
2022 26 AA   3 5 .375 51 1 0 0 27 50.3 50 26 2 23 24 4.65 .263 .343 .342 .685  
2023 27 MA FF 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 17.3 21 8 3 3 6 4.15 .292 .320 .444 .764 0.8
    AAA   4 1 .800 43 0 0 0 15 41.3 46 16 6 12 21 3.48 .301 .352 .484 .835  
2024 28 MA FF 2 8 .200 56 0 0 0 18 56.0 69 38 6 17 17 6.11 .304 .368 .441 .808 0.7
2025 29 MA FF 4 3 .571 69 0 0 0 3 74.0 89 45 9 19 20 5.47 .303 .350 .446 .796 3.1
2026 30 MA FF 3 9 .250 61 0 0 0 19 59.7 73 36 6 18 8 5.43 .304 .367 .413 .780 2.7
2027 31 MA FF 5 7 .417 57 0 0 0 17 56.7 77 32 8 15 16 5.08 .326 .366 .462 .828 2.7
2028 32 MA FF 4 5 .444 53 0 0 0 1 57.3 59 21 7 15 15 3.30 .261 .309 .407 .716 5.0
2029 33 MA FF 1 2 .333 9 0 0 0 1 12.3 21 8 1 6 0 5.84 .389 .450 .481 .931 0.0
    AAA   1 5 .167 45 0 0 0 13 46.7 63 27 9 11 24 5.21 .310 .346 .522 .868  
7 Years Sim 19 34 .358 317 0 0 0 59 333.3 409 188 40 93 82 5.08 .303 .355 .437 .791 14.9
2 Years AAA 5 6 .455 88 0 0 0 28 88.0 109 43 15 23 45 4.40 .306 .348 .506 .854  
3 Years AA 6 12 .333 112 1 0 0 30 126.7 145 77 13 43 56 5.47 .290 .346 .424 .770  
3 Years A 12 12 .500 183 0 0 0 27 184.7 172 77 15 80 84 3.75 .248 .326 .369 .695  
8 Years Minors 23 30 .434 383 1 0 0 85 399.3 426 197 43 146 185 4.44 .275 .337 .418 .756  
Season Average 2 4 .333 45 0 0 0 8 47.6 58 26 5 13 11 5.08 .303 .355 .437 .791  
Career Highs 5 9 .571 69 0 0 0 19 74.0 89 45 9 19 20 6.11 .389 .450 .481 .931  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   223 106 21 57 61   .279 .327 .399 .725
vs LH   186 82 19 36 21   .339 .379 .492 .871
Home 11 17 .393 163 0 0 0 25 166.0 221 110 26 55 36 5.96 .323 .373 .470 .843
Away 8 17 .320 154 0 0 0 34 167.3 188 78 14 38 46 4.20 .283 .322 .402 .724
Mar/Apr 3 3 .500 56 0 0 0 9 53.3 69 25 4 19 10 4.22 .317 .371 .404 .775
May 2 3 .400 49 0 0 0 14 53.3 65 28 7 11 10 4.73 .294 .328 .439 .767
June 5 5 .500 45 0 0 0 5 51.6 46 23 7 10 12 4.01 .240 .277 .411 .689
July 4 6 .400 44 0 0 0 8 44.0 68 35 6 16 13 7.16 .360 .410 .513 .923
August 2 8 .200 58 0 0 0 10 66.0 75 34 9 20 16 4.64 .293 .344 .438 .782
Sep/Oct 3 9 .250 65 0 0 0 13 65.0 86 43 7 17 21 5.96 .315 .355 .425 .780
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2019 23 A   2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
2022 26 AA   11 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.2  
2023 27 MA FF 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2024 28 MA FF 56 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2025 29 MA FF 69 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
2026 30 MA FF 62 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2027 31 MA FF 57 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
2028 32 MA FF 53 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2029 33 MA FF 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
7 Years Sim 319 26 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .038 .074 .038 .113 -1.8 0.0
1 Years AA 11 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.2  
1 Years A 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
2 Years Minors 13 3 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.7  
162 Game Average 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .038 .074 .038 .113 -0.9  
Career Highs 69 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .250 .167 .333 0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   20 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .050 .050 .050 .100 -1.3
vs LH   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2
Home 161 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
Away 129 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .000 .077 .000 .077 -0.8
RISP   8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
Close/Late   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
Mar/Apr 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
May 33 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
June 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 13 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Sep/Oct 46 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2023 27 MA FF P 12 0 17.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.56    
2024 28 MA FF P 56 0 56.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.45    
2025 29 MA FF P 69 0 74.0 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.58    
2026 30 MA FF P 61 0 59.7 4 11 1 1 .938 2.26    
    2B 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84   0.0
2027 31 MA FF P 57 0 56.7 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.91    
2028 32 MA FF P 53 0 57.3 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.57    
2029 33 MA FF P 9 0 12.3 0 2 1 1 .667 1.46    
  P 317 0 333.3 19 45 2 4 .970 1.73    
  2B 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84   0.0
Career Totals   318 0 335.0 21 45 2 4 .971 1.77    
Career Highs   69 0 74.0 6 11 1 1 1.000 2.50    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2024-10-18
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Entered 2018 Amatuer Draft and was undrafted
Claimed by DC on 3/3/2018
Traded from Virginia to Massachusetts on 7/11/2023 (Going to VA: P James Alexander. Going to MA: P Shusaku Higashi, VA's 2nd round pick in 2025)
Earned first career win on 8/2/2024
Had first career hit on 8/29/2025, off Winston Martin (NJ)
 
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