Comments on: 2010 Foreign Player Candidates http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/11/2010-foreign-player-candidates/ Baseball in Japan & Around the World Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:12:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/11/2010-foreign-player-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-10882 Patrick Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:01:37 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=4105#comment-10882 I always take AAA numbers with a grain of salt. This probably doesn't apply to an experienced guy like Hessman, but a player could be working on hitting the ball the other way, for example. The 170 K's are a bigger red flag for me. I think you're right on though, Hessman profiles better as a mid-season reinforcement. I always take AAA numbers with a grain of salt. This probably doesn’t apply to an experienced guy like Hessman, but a player could be working on hitting the ball the other way, for example. The 170 K’s are a bigger red flag for me.

I think you’re right on though, Hessman profiles better as a mid-season reinforcement.

]]> By: Tom Dubberke http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/11/2010-foreign-player-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-10881 Tom Dubberke Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:51:55 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=4105#comment-10881 Mike Hessman now has 311 career minor league homeruns, but it's pretty hard to see a Japanese team signing him for 2010 coming off a 2009 season at AAA Toledo where he hit only .217. If he has a strong first half at AAA in 2010 (a big if for a player who will be 32 next year coming off a poor AAA season), he may be a player a Japanese team considers bringing in after the All-Star Break. Mike Hessman now has 311 career minor league homeruns, but it’s pretty hard to see a Japanese team signing him for 2010 coming off a 2009 season at AAA Toledo where he hit only .217.

If he has a strong first half at AAA in 2010 (a big if for a player who will be 32 next year coming off a poor AAA season), he may be a player a Japanese team considers bringing in after the All-Star Break.

]]> By: Yokohama to Acquire Three » NPB Tracker http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/11/2010-foreign-player-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-10878 Yokohama to Acquire Three » NPB Tracker Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:43:36 +0000 http://www.npbtracker.com/?p=4105#comment-10878 [...] Chris Bootcheck, who appeared in the majors with Pittsburgh in 2009, and another guy from my list of foreign player candidates [...] [...] Chris Bootcheck, who appeared in the majors with Pittsburgh in 2009, and another guy from my list of foreign player candidates [...]

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