MC is an below average baseball pitcher guy who couldn't get into the pro's, winds up seeing a pro baseball player ghost & gets a level system where MC can get points and spend them to RNG spin the wheel to get skills/rewards.

• TLDR;
• Pros:
  • + Interesting ideas | ghost mentor + RNG level system
  • + Casual Read
  • + Reader only needs minimal knowledge of the sport | it seems geared for casual baseball watcher or casual gamer
• Cons:
  • - Characterization | shallow & lacking, rather simplistic & flat, no character growth, no real rivals, barely teamsport interaction
  • - Lacking Execution of Interesting Ideas
  • - Tweaked Repetitive / Recycled Plots
  • - Dialogue/prose | feels childish/immature & repetitive & lacking depth

Longer explanation/ review:

I mtl'ed most of this novel since I was curious about the ghost mentor and the game element... more>> aspect. But as I am somewhat familiar with the sport, I had sort of high hope it'd have some depth like baseball anime; however I feel disappointed as it only scratch surfaces.

• I feel this novel is geared for a very casual baseball fan or a gamer, one who watches baseball but does not actually play it as a sport..
  • Making it somewhat shallow compared to baseball anime which seems to have more depth to the sport since anime has done their research.
• The author treats baseball which is a teamsport as a individual gatcha game focused only on the MC.
  • There is barely any teammate comradery/camaradie & essentially no pitcher-catcher battery chemistry
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    (which I understand because MC under the ghost advice would rather him be a freelancer, but being a freelance just seems like an excuse for MC not to have any real meaningful interactions & not to flesh out any other characters & not create any distinct character rivals / enemies / friends.)

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  • Yes, there are opposing teams but even they seem like similar with different names & small variations, as teams & MC reacts to opposing teams in similar manner.

• The author's idea of having the pro baseball player ghost as a mentor & level up system is interesting but could've been utilized better.
  • I'm surprised MC has not even asked the ghost to teach him baseball moves, only take the random barely few advice ghost throws out; rather MC relies on the RNG spin the wheel to get moves & skills
  • I get it's easier with RNG and no training is essentially needed, but he could learn skills from the ghost without spending any points too.
  • However author only treats training as a passing moment - just being a warm-up stretch, never going into detail as if it's forgettable and just MC just does it because of ghost's reminders & not even a struggle for MC to accomplish.

Like overall, I don't think it's bad novel; it just could be improved upon more as it is lacking... like author mentioned some nice ideas but never ran with them and/or executed them with minimal effort.... And I kept reading hoping there would be some depth or maybe would explore one idea, but I think my expectations were too high. <<less