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Tuesday, December 06, 2022
The Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have officially posted outfielder Masataka Yoshida, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. He’ll have 30 days to find a deal with a major league team or else return to the Buffaloes for 2023.
Yoshida, 29, made his NPB debut with the Buffaloes in 2016 and has since established himself as a key contributor at the plate. In 2022, he played in 119 games, hitting 21 home runs and producing an overall batting line of .335/.447/.561. That level of production and Yoshida’s age should lead to him garnering plenty of interest from North American teams. It was reported back in November that this posting was coming, but NPB contracts generally run until the start of December, which delayed the official move until now.
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1. DarrenYoshida NPB: 326/419/538
Ichiro NPB: 353/421/522
Not a bad comp, but Yoshida is a bit less contact, a fair amount more power than Ichiro. Definitely more of a contact hitter than Fukudome (a not terrible comp, but Yoshida is better).
Maybe he wants to hit home runs?
A pretty perfect superficial comp. His first year with the Cubs was 262/336/433, 116 OPS+, about a 3-WAR pace with slightly negative running and fielding. Suzuki was 27 last year. FWIW (nothing probably), he got off to a fast start showing walks and balanced power then slumped horribly in May then got hurt for June. He was solid in July, blah in Aug, excellent in Sept.
Won't be able to wear #34 here, obviously (though apparently he chose that because of Harper).
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