Comments on: Who is Yusei Kikuchi?

By: Buzz: Kikuchi to Meet the Mets on Tuesday

Buzz: Kikuchi to Meet the Mets on Tuesday — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:07:44 +0000

[...] To learn more about Kikuchi, read this post at NPB Tracker. [...]

By: New and Notes from around Yankees Universe…. « Zell's Pinstripe Blog

New and Notes from around Yankees Universe…. « Zell's Pinstripe Blog — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:33:13 +0000

[...] Kikuchi To Meet With Seven MLB Teams, including the Yankees. Who is this guy? Click here to find out [...]

By: simon

simon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:09:39 +0000

Going straight to the majors is a big gamble because he could easily fail to make it to the majors, like countless uber-prospects before him. Though if the signing bonus is large enough, I guess that’ll offset the financial gamble.

By: Red Sox Look at Another Young Japanese Pitcher

Red Sox Look at Another Young Japanese Pitcher — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:45:38 +0000

[...] is thinking about not playing in Japan and becoming a free agent for MLB. Here’s what NPB Tracker had to say about [...]

By: Yanks meeting with Kikuchi? « iYankees

Yanks meeting with Kikuchi? « iYankees — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:02:27 +0000

[...] seem to be his biggest suitor. If you want to learn a bit more about Yusei Kikuchi, check out NPB’s scouting report. It’s riddled with interesting goodies. For instance, did you know that Kikuchi’s [...]

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:19:48 +0000

If he does decide to come over he will be hyped enough that the bidding for him will reach a nice high level. My question is this, I understand that there is an unwritten agreement between the Japanese players to pitch in their professional leagues, but would it not be wise for him to sign with a major league baseball team that way he will make more money off the bat, and also get to free agency quicker this way he can make even more money? This to me seems like a no brainer. Also in your comparison of the parrallel of what he is doing, in the United States the better parrallel would be something that is happening with high school basketball players who are gaining stardom through the recruiting circut then signing with a European team to make some money that would be the better parrallel examples are Brandon Jennings and Jeremy Tyler

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:26:36 +0000

Victimized by spellcheck and late-night typing. I meant to say “conscientious”; thanks for pointing that out.

By: johntexaco

johntexaco — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:04:29 +0000

he sounds the opposite of “contentious”.