Yokohama Bay Stars looking into Chris Bootcheck
by Gen on Nov.21, 2009 @ 4:25 pm, under NPB
Seems the Yokohama Bay Stars are now looking into Chris Bootcheck to be their closer for the 2010 season (and yet another indication that the team is ready to move forward with Shun Yamgauchi in the rotation next year).
Bootcheck is a 30-year-old righty in the Pirates organization. He has tossed a total 147.1 innings in the Majors over his career and has a 6.54 ERA (1.64 WHIP) to go along with a 3-7 record with 1 save.
A Bay Stars rep said, "In another step forward in rebuilding our team, filling our closer position with a foreign player is a big goal of ours."
An announcement of a deal could be made as early as next week.
2009 Season
| Org | Lvl | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SH | GF | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | WHIP |
| PIT | AAA | 3 | 2 | 3.37 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 20 | 42.2 | 40 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 1.10 |
| PIT | MLB | 0 | 0 | 11.05 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14.2 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1.70 |
