Daily Sports: Yokohama Bay Stars to post Hiroki Sanada
by Gen on Nov.22, 2011 @ 5:43 pm, under NPB
Daily Sports is reporting that the Yokohama Bay Stars agreed to post 27-year-old RHP Hiroki Sanada during the off-season.
UPDATE 11/23 @ 12:56pm - Sports Hochi has posted the following comments from Sanada:
It seems like this is a sudden development?
I have wanted to go to the Majors for quite some time now. When thinking about my career, I decided I want to try my luck in the Majors before turning 30.
Did [Hisanori] Takahashi, a pitcher you respect, have any influence in your decision?
I workout with him during the off-season every year and he is a great baseball person. I sort of consider him a master. I do think he influenced my decision.
A fair number of players, including Yakult's [Norichika] Aoki are going to try their luck in the Majors. A former Yomiuri teammate, [Koji] Uehara is on the Rangers.
He is a great pitcher. I shouldn't be compared to him. I am fine with making as little noise as possible.
You are going to be posted, but is there a specific roll you want or team you want to play for?
I still don't know my right from my left. I am fine being a middle reliever. Any place, any team, I'm just going to wait for the winning bid. I will have my agent, Arn Tellem handle everything.
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Career Stats
| Year | Tm | G | W | L | Sv | CG | ShO | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BLK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| 2002 | YOM | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 70.0 | 72 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 29 | 3.73 | 1.21 |
| 2003 | YOM | 30 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 260 | 56.2 | 67 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 34 | 5.40 | 1.57 |
| 2004 | YOM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5.40 | 1.40 |
| 2005 | YOM | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7.2 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 9.39 | 2.22 |
| 2006 | YOM | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 25.2 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 3.86 | 1.48 |
| 2007 | YOM | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 19.2 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4.58 | 1.27 |
| 2008 | YOK | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 51.1 | 64 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 28 | 4.91 | 1.56 |
| 2009 | YOK | 68 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 66.1 | 66 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 22 | 2.98 | 1.34 |
| 2010 | YOK | 62 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 69.2 | 72 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 30 | 3.88 | 1.33 |
| 2011 | YOK | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 49.0 | 66 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 4.22 | 1.51 |
| Totals | 299 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1833 | 421.0 | 476 | 52 | 121 | 31 | 233 | 9 | 3 | 215 | 198 | 4.23 | 1.42 | |
