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09 February 2009 »
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Coming: Darrell Rasner, Matt Childers, Norihiro Nakamura, Makoto Kosaka
Going: Jose Fernandez, Domingo Guzman, In-Che
Staying: Rick Short, Marcus Gwyn, Fernando Seguignol, Lin Yu-En
Trending: upward
Synopsis: The Eagles added a no. 3 starter (Rasner) to go with Hisashi Iwakuma and Masahiro Tanaka, a corner infield bat (Nakamura), depth to their bullpen (Childers), and depth to their bench (Kosaka) while retaining two strong foreign hitters. On paper, they go into 2009 with the best roster in their short history.
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Tags: Darrell Rasner, Domingo Guzman, Fernando Seguignol, In-Che, Jose Fernandez, Lin Yu-En, Makoto Kosaka, Marcus Gwyn, Norihiro Nakamura, Rick Short
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02 February 2009 »
In npb »
Coming: Micheal Nakamura, Takahito Kudoh, Dicky Gonzales, Edgardo Alfonzo (maybe), Levi Romero (maybe)
Going: Koji Uehara, Makoto Kosaka, Takayuki Shimizu, Tomohiro Nioka, Masanori Hayashi, Ken Kadokura, Shigeki Noguchi
Staying: Marc Kroon, Sung-Yeop Lee, Alex Ramirez, Seth Greisinger
Trending: upward
Synopsis: Uehara is the only guy they will notice is gone, and Nakamura will mostly balance out his loss. Strong group of foreign players will be back in 2009. Of the departures, only Hayashi is under 30.
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Tags: Alex Ramirez, Dicky Gonzales, Edgardo Alfonzo, Ken Kadokura, Koji Uehara, Levi Romero, Makoto Kosaka, Marc Kroon, Masanori Hayashi, Micheal Nakamura, Seth Greisinger, Shigeki Noguchi, Sung-Yeop Lee, Takahito Kudoh, Takayuki Shimizu, Tomohiro Nioka