Comments on: Hanshin’s Import 2009 Roster

By: John Brooks

John Brooks — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:51:14 +0000

Maybe the best example of a guy that did well in Japan before joining Hanshin is George Arias. He did very well as a Tiger.

Yeah, I can’t believe I forgot all about Arias. Though I think Hanshin should go the experience route as it seems like most of the time their foreign imports just don’t work out, either I guess from poor scouting and a combination of poor adaption. Though the experience front doesn’t guarantee success, at least these players know the in and outs of the league.

By: EJH

EJH — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:23:44 +0000

Oh, and Hanshin executives, please take Nashida, too, while your at it.

By: EJH

EJH — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:22:29 +0000

Hanshin wants Glynn? I cannot imagine why. I am no Hanshin fan and I could care less if they pick up some awful pitcher, but, honestly, I would rather see Glynn banished to the North Korean Baseball League or something. After his performance in against Seibu, I doubt anyone here in Hokkaido ever wants to see his face again.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:20:44 +0000

Maybe the best example of a guy that did well in Japan before joining Hanshin is George Arias. He did very well as a Tiger.

By: John Brooks

John Brooks — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:47:54 +0000

Cruz be a nice pickup for a NPB team. I could easily see him smack 35 HRs and batting near .300, but like I said before I find it hard that Texas will give up on him after a big end to the season.

and now the Tigers are looking at Kevin Mench and Jose Bautista

Mench be a nice player to see how he projects in Japan, I’m afraid I dont care too much for Bautista, he’s strikes out way too much to make his slightest power if you want to call it that. I dont think he’s much of an upgrade from Ford.

Hanshin is also looking at a couple of foreign players who are already in Japan: Rakuten’s Jose Fernandez, Seibu’s Hiram Bocachica, and Michael Restovich, who was just released by Softbank.

This is always the route I thought Hanshin should took to go after foreign players who have already proven that they can rake in NPB. It seems that their new foreign imports always fail miserably. Spencer and Ford are two names that come to mind. A example of proven foreign players I can think of is Andy Sheets.