Japan Crowdsourcing Followup Part One – My List

Last week, I asked you guys to suggest some players who fit the profile of guys who might do well in Japan. I was hoping I would get 15-20 suggestions, but you guys came up with 38 names. I’m still sorting through the suggestions, so in the meantime I thought I would share the list I started with.

• Jeremy Powell
• Carlos Torres -> has signed with Yomiuri, but I’m leaving him on because I already had him listed
• Winston Abreu
• Robert Coello
• Eric Hacker -> signed an MLB deal with Minnesota, so this one is wrong
• Rick Vandenhurk
• Chris Smith
• Warner Madrigal
• Rich Hill
• Mike Hessman
• Andy Marte
• John Lindsey
• Dan Johnson
• Bobby Scales
• Bryan Bullington

My bias here is that I have a tendency toward guys I’ve seen at the Major League level. In my next post I’ll make my picks of who I think the best bets are among your suggestions.