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Japanese Free Agents For '09

East Windup Chronicle points us to a list of some of the more interesting Japanese players who will be free agents after this season.  Most of these guys are around 32-33 years old.  Here's who we've got:

  • Koji Uehara, SP/RP - NPB Tracker profiles him here.
  • Tomohiro Nioka, SS - We wrote a little bit about Nioka in October of '07.
  • Kenshin Kawakami, SP - East Windup Chronicle profiled him for us last year.
  • Hitoki Iwase, RP - That same post also covered Iwase.
  • Masahiro Araki, 2B - Hit .263/.296/.302 in '07 - not much with the bat.
  • Hirokazu Ibata, SS - Hit .296/.368/.393 in '07.
  • Ryoji Aikawa, C - Hit .302/.369/.353 in '07.
  • Tatsuhiko Kinjoh, OF - Hit .284/.349/.427 in '07.


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Koji Uehara
I am really questionable with this guy. He was a SP in his early years, he was remade for a closer last year. And this year, he is really sux
I don't think he will challenge MLB.

Kenshin Kawakami
He was FUKUDOME'S TEAMMATE and the staff ace. He is a solid pitcher, but not fantastic, same level as Kuroda.

Hitoki Iwase
Kawakami's teammate. Ace closer, his slider is fantastic, really good pitcher.

Aikawa looks like a very good defensive catcher, but not much of a hitter over his career. Unless he is going to be a back up, I just don't see him coming over. Actually, he might make some sense backing up Russell Martin and working with Kuroda and Saito.

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