Softbank Hawks, Orix Buffaloes pull off 2-for-1 trade
by Gen on Apr.30, 2010 @ 11:52 am, under NPB
5/3/2010 3:12pm JST
...The Buffaloes held a press conference for Arakane and Kaneko on Monday.
5/1/2010 2:18pm JST
...The Hawks held a press conference for Kanazawa on Saturday. The Hawks are looking to use Kanazawa both as a starter and as an arm out of the bullpen.
4/30/2010 11:52am JST
The Hawks and Buffaloes appear to have come to terms on a 2-for-1 player trade that will send Softbank players Hisao Arakane (OF) and Keisuke Kaneko (INF) from to Orix for Takehito Kanazawa (P).
Arakane's Career Numbers
| Year | Team | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 2B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | SLG | OBP | OPS |
| 2001 | Fukuoka | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .286 | .452 |
| 2003 | Fukuoka | 28 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .174 | .217 | .174 | .391 |
| 2004 | Fukuoka | 74 | 192 | 164 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 1 | .213 | .348 | .306 | .654 |
| 2005 | Fukuoka | 72 | 58 | 49 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .224 | .327 | .321 | .648 |
| 2006 | Fukuoka | 19 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .059 | .118 | .111 | .229 |
| 2007 | Fukuoka | 18 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .313 | .527 |
| 2008 | Fukuoka | 55 | 105 | 94 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 1 | .255 | .362 | .311 | .675 |
| 2009 | Fukuoka | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .545 | .273 | .818 |
| Totals | 284 | 430 | 378 | 52 | 82 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 124 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 93 | 3 | .217 | .328 | .293 | .622 | |
Kaneko's Career Numbers
| Year | Team | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 2B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | SLG | OBP | OPS |
| 2006 | Fukuoka | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| 2008 | Fukuoka | 32 | 44 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .118 | .147 | .231 | .378 |
| 2009 | Fukuoka | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 54 | 57 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .106 | .128 | .192 | .320 | |
Kanazawa's Career Numbers
| Year | Team | G | W | L | Sv | CG | ShO | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| 2001 | Hanshin | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 13.0 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6.92 | 2.31 |
| 2002 | Hanshin | 50 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 68.2 | 68 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 4.33 | 1.31 |
| 2003 | Hanshin | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 55.2 | 48 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 2.75 | 1.04 |
| 2004 | Hanshin | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 43.1 | 39 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 3.53 | 1.20 |
| 2006 | Hanshin | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 26.1 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 4.78 | 1.52 |
| 2007 | Nippon Ham | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 22.1 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 8.46 | 1.75 |
| 2008 | Nippon Ham | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 18.0 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6.00 | 1.67 |
| 2009 | Orix | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7.2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.70 | 1.70 |
| Totals | 165 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1115 | 255.0 | 271 | 36 | 81 | 21 | 187 | 13 | 1 | 143 | 128 | 4.52 | 1.38 | |
April 30th, 2010 on 11:56 am
Arakane could probably help the Buffs, but I think the real winners here are the Hawks since they need bullpen help other than Settsu, Falkenborg, Mahara, and Kattoh.
April 30th, 2010 on 4:28 pm
The Hawks’ pen is a mess right now. Three of them are in the top 10 for appearances – Settsu is pacing the CL with 18 appearances (19.1 IP), Falkenborg and Mahara are tied at 13 appearances a piece (14.1 IP and 13.1 IP respectively), and Katto actually isn’t too far behind with 11 appearances (15.1 IP). And this is after all their chatter during the off-season about how they need to rest Settsu more because he threw so much last season.