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North American Clubs Eye Japanese Pitcher Maeda


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Part-DEL-Del6200581-1-1-0.jpgMajor League Baseball clubs are looking at making deals for Japanese star pitcher Kenta Maeda with the Japan League's Hiroshima Carp planning to make the 27-year-old right-hander available. The major league website said the Central League Carp will post right-hander Maeda, who has pitched for Hiroshima since 2008, going 97-67 with a 2.39 earned-run average. The Carp are expected to "post" Maeda as early as this week and set Maeda's release fee at $20 million, the maximum amount possible under revamped rules established in 2013 for having Japanese talent jump to North American clubs.

 

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