MLBTR Projects the Top 50 FAs

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 5, 2007 3:19 PM EST Comment 2 comments

The Rays only show up once on the list, and near the bottom at that:

46. Masahide Kobayashi - Devil Rays. It wouldn't surprise anyone to see the Rays find a Japanese bargain. Kobayashi's deceptive delivery could result in a year or two of MLB success.

Sounds a bit like Okajima depending on how deceptive that delivery is, but I agree with Dierkes on that first line, I think the Rays will pluck at least one Japanese reliever this off-season, but my money is on the aforementioned Kazuo Fukumori.

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Re: MLBTR Projects the Top 50 FAs

Kobayashi? Let's hope he can eat up hitters like he eats up hotdogs.

by Jacob Larsen on Nov 5, 2007 5:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Re: MLBTR Projects the Top 50 FAs

here is a video showing Kobayashi imploding in the 9th inning of a tied game. Looks like he has a deceptive little leg kick, but otherwise doesnt seem that impressive. However, according to the video he was throwing 93-95 mph, so at least he has some heat. Looks like it has some decent sinking action too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf59ScwgFyg

by BossmanJunior333 on Nov 7, 2007 2:12 AM EST reply actions 0 recs