Softbank Hawks to give Juan Carlos Paniagua, Wanel Mesa tryouts
by Gen on Feb.08, 2012 @ 10:02 pm, under NPB
The Softbank Hawks announced today that they will be giving Juan Carlos Paniagua (21), aka Juan Collado, and Wanel Mesa (25) tryouts as Ikusei players.
The two players are scheduled to join the team in Miyazaki on February 14.
UPDATE @ 10:59pm - Tryouts will take place between February 14 and 26.
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Juan Carlos Paniagua Stats
| Year | Age | Lev | Aff | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | WHIP |
| 2009 | 19 | FRk | ARI | 1 | 1 | 4.66 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 29.0 | 40 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 145 | 1.897 |
| 2010 | 20 | FRk | ARI | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1.800 |
| 1 | 1 | 4.79 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 35.2 | 51 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 177 | 1.879 | ||||
Wanel Mesa Stats
| Year | Level | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | Bk | WHIP |
| 2011 | Ind | 0 | 1 | 20.25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3.94 |
| 2011 | Ind | 0 | 1 | 10.93 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2.29 |
| 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2.74 | ||
February 8th, 2012 on 11:16 pm
That Mesa guy and I have the same ERA!
February 9th, 2012 on 11:21 pm
Haha. I bet Mesa at least has good velocity. That would sort of fit the MO of an ikusei pitcher from Latin America into ni-gun.