January 11, 2009
Braves Nab Kawakami
The Atlanta Braves beat out the Baltimore Orioles for the services of Kenshin Kawakami:
Cox said he has watched Kawakami on film "and he looked very good. He was able to throw the ball right where he wanted to with three or four pitches."
Kawakami has great control. He walked just 1.9 batters in Japan. Compare that to Kei Igawa, who walked 2.9 and Daisuke Matsuzaka who walked 3.2 per 9. He doesn't strike out as many as those two did , but his 7.3 per nine is okay. We'll see which end of the spectrum he falls into.
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10:24 AM
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