Nippon Ham Fighters sign Bob Keppel to a 2-year deal
by Gen on Jan.07, 2010 @ 11:42 am, under NPB
It appears as though the Nippon Ham Fighters are looking to sign 27-year-old, righty Bob Keppel. The Fighters are looking at Keppel as a candidate to join their starting rotation.
2009 Season
| Tm | Lvl | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SH | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | WHIP |
| MIN | AAA | 3 | 3 | 2.43 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 55.2 | 51 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 1.15 |
| MIN | MLB | 1 | 1 | 4.83 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 54.0 | 63 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 1.56 |
Career
| Lvl | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SH | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | WHIP |
| MLB | 1 | 5 | 5.36 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 92.1 | 114 | 56 | 55 | 11 | 39 | 53 | 2 | 1.66 |
| MiLB | 55 | 60 | 4.55 | 205 | 159 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 982.1 | 1092 | 569 | 497 | 87 | 296 | 558 | 56 | 1.41 |
=== UPDATE 8:44pm JST
The Fighters signed Keppel to a 2-year deal worth 46.5M yen ($500,000) a year plus incentives. He has also been assigned the number 31.
=== UPDATE 1/8/2010 11:12am JST
According to Sponichi, the overall total on the 2-year contract will be about 111M yen ($1.2M).
