SoftBank Adds American Ikusei Player

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The SoftBank Hawks have signed Andrew Toussaint to an ikusui contract. Toussaint spent four years in the Angels system, but never advanced higher than 2A ball.

For more on the ikusei system, please see Ryo’s article on the subject.

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  1. Patrick
    NelsonC
    25/06/2009 at 2:15 pm Permalink

    Hi Patrick, Junichi Tazawa, [Portland Sea Dogs (Double-A): Boston Red Sox] will be in the 2009 All-Star Futures Games.

    http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2009/roster_futures_world.jsp>

  2. Patrick
    NelsonC
    25/06/2009 at 2:18 pm Permalink
  3. Patrick
    Jim
    28/06/2009 at 7:12 pm Permalink

    I’ve been saying that SoftBank needs another bat and another reliever, but this is not the answer.