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Norichika Aoki (OF, Yakult Swallows, 28) – In a post-Ichiro, post-Matsui
NPB, Aoki reigns as the consensus top hitter. I’d actually go so far as to
say that he”s the best pure hitter Japan has produced since Ichiro. Aoki is
a line drive hitter with occasional power who uses the whole field. He’s
also a disciplined batter, walking about as often as he strikes out, which is
rare in Japan. Aoki is short and somewhat stocky at 5’7.5, 182 lbs, but is a
good runner with tremendous range in the outfield. The only knock on his game
is his rather weak throwing arm, which may limit him to left field at the MLB
level. For video, I dug up some batting and fielding highlights and a
breakdown of his swing on YouTube.

Hiroyuki Nakajima (SS, Seibu Lions, 28) – Nakajima gets my vote as Japan’s
second best hitter, behind Aoki. Nakajima doesn’t quite match up with Aoki’
s pure contact skill or plate discipline, but is still very good in both
categories and adds a bit more gap power to the equation. Nakajima is a
back-leg hitter, with a big stride that he will occasionally shorten up. On
the turf, Nakajima plays a solid shortstop, among many good shortstops in his
league. The best video I could find of Nakajima was this one, of him hitting
an opposite field home run off Dicky Gonzales (I know, not the best
competition). Also of note in the video, you can see that he’s made friends
with teammate Dee Brown. The high-five routine they do after home runs shows
up on Japanese highlight shows.

Wei-Yin Chen (LHP, Chunichi Dragons, 25) – Last offseason, Chen was probably
the more outspoken about wanting to be posted than any other NPB player. Chen
is Taiwanese, but signed with Chunichi as an amateur out of high school,
apparently without any provisions to make him a free agent if he and the team
can’t agree to a contract during the annual negotiations (as veteran foreign
players who sign from 3A or Korea usually do). This is an unusual situation,
but not unprecedented, as the first couple postings for Dominican players the
Hiroshima Carp had signed as amateurs, including current Giant Ramon Ramirez.
Chen does appear to be serious about MLB, as he hired agent Alan Nero last
offseason, and I expect him to push to be posted again this year.

Chen features NPB’s top lefty power arsenal, primarily throwing fastballs
and sliders, while mixing in occasional forkballs and the random big, loopy
curve. His fastball reaches 95 mph or so, but usually sits around 90-92,
while his slider breaks in on righthanded batters and sits in the 85-87
range. Chen has been letting his pitches get up in the zone much more this
season, and is showing more of a flyball tendency than he did last year.

The Chen video I have is two hours of game footage from his August 17 start,
against Seth Greisinger and the Giants. The video occasionally switches to a
Yokohama game, but still gives you a better sense of what Chen throws than a
10-minute highlight reel will.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/more-npb-prospects-you-should-know/

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