I’d rather we grab… the J of JFK you cut – Can’t come up with his name. Did college in Louisiana (why? He’s from Australia?!?!) . Jeff…. Williams! (That would have kept me up all night!) Is he done, or does he have anything left? He was 戦力外, so anyone could sign him, no?

But I like Lim and Lee, so another non-J pitcher would just mess things up. A lefty middleman is on my wish-list, though. Lee should be starting, and Barrett got thrashed regularly when he was with the ichi-gun.
Heck, an old-but-experienced Kudoh to provide some adult supervision to the TYS kiddie staff would have been nice.

I’m more annoyed Takada will be back, and that he might find some excuse to get rid of D’Antona. .276/21/83 and some time off for injuries is not superwonderful, but where else are we going to come up with 21 HR? Only four players were in double digits in HR and I’m pretty sure Kawashima was a fluke (with 12 HR, most of them (anecdotally) at times that didn’t matter).

Igarashi is not a loss. Kroon-lite. Better control, less heat. A good set-up man in the majors, or closer for a second-tier team. Without him, we should be able to find SOMEBODY who can throw the eighth inning.

While I’m daydreaming, could the Fighters just cut fat-boy Nakata? If they’re not going to play him and instead just waste him in the ni-gun while complaining about his fielding – hey, let him go, trade him, get something for him, shut up already. You knew what you were getting when you drafted him, right?
Make 15 (or 20?) errors a year at 3B at Jingu? Fine, as long as you hit 20+ HR. I know HNHF got seven or eight gold gloves, so they can’t deal with an IF who can’t field, but we (I) could! Bring him on!

He bats at over .250 over his career and is a good infielder. I’m sure he will be way better than both Yuuichi and Hatakeyama.