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Igarashi To Pursue MLB Next Season
Patrick Newman at NPB Tracker passes along a report which says that hard-throwing reliever Ryota Igarashi has decided to pursue a Major League contract for 2010. We first learned that Igarashi qualified for international free agency back in June.
The 30-year-old has spent his entire 11-year career with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, posting a 3.25 ERA with 630 strikeouts in 570 IP over 507 appearances. He's hooked on with agent Arn Tellem, who also represents Hideki Matsui. Patrick profiled Igarashi back in May. At 98.75 mph, Igarashi holds the record for the fastest pitch thrown by a Japanese pitcher in a NPB game.
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There you go Philly, Cubbies, Rays. BP help from the land of the Rising Sun..
Now, Boston and Seattle have the best success with Japanese talent so far and my money is on those 2 teams and they both have plenty of established MLB and Minor league talent to help convince him to sign with either of those..
Posted by: johns | November 09, 2009 at 07:58 AM
Arn Tellem.
How much will he sign for?
Posted by: surfacetear | November 09, 2009 at 08:02 AM
9th Iragashi
8th Kawakami
7th Moylan
Atlanta's Ring of Fire-Men. Ha, see what I did there. If Kawakami does get bumped full time, bringing in Iragashi to close could raise both the comfort level and effectiveness of both guys.
Posted by: bbxxj | November 09, 2009 at 08:19 AM
I can only see a 3/15 deal for this guy at max, maybe more dollars but no more than 3, he isn't high profile and has yet to be tested.
Posted by: Covy | November 09, 2009 at 09:19 AM
I wish Yakult would post Norichika Aoki.
Posted by: withpower | November 09, 2009 at 10:08 AM
So what another mediocre Japanese pitcher. I wanna know when Darvish is coming over! Anybody know when he is eligible?
Posted by: The_Thrill_22 | November 11, 2009 at 04:13 PM
Darvish has absolutely no desire to come to the MLB, by all indications.
Posted by: baseballismylyf4 | November 15, 2009 at 11:06 PM