I guess the cost of not successfully developing young starting pitching though the draft made this a must signing. I watch Japanese bb quite a bit and he does have electric stuff (his splitter just drops off the table), but we won't know until he faces the big boys... I suppose if he fails as a starter they can always make him a closer (but expensive one) like Koji Uehara, who started out as a starter in Japan until he injured his arm and converted to a reliever...
Ricky Y
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