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Project-a-Guy - Tsuyoshi Nishioka, 2B MN (1 Viewer)

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*Per Special Request*Patrick Newman on Nishioka in November:

After a career filled with nagging wrist, knee and neck injuries, 2010 was the first season that Nishioka was healthy enough to play a full, 144-game schedule, and he responded with a career year. Notably, he lead the Pacific League in hits with 206, becaming the second Pacific Leaguer to surpass the 200 hit mark (the first was someone you’ve heard of). He posted a career highs in all three slash categories, at .346/.423/.482 easily eclipsing his previous bests of .300/.366/.463. Nishioka’s batting average was backed by a robust .389 BABIP, so regardless of what league he plays in next year, it will remain to be seen whether his 2010 performance was the result of luck, a genuine step forward, or good health. My guess is that a little of each was involved. Nishioka is not much of a home run threat, but has good speed and will leg out the occasional triple, and swiped 22 bases in 33 attempts last year. He is a switch hitter, who hit well from both sides of the plate last year (.387 as a righty, .329 as a lefty).
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So we have; the jump to MLB, the injury history, the career year and the sweet, sweet hair. In 2005, Nishioka led the league with 41 steals, but the last few years have put him around 20-25 steals. (and at a poor rate) It remains to be seen whether Casilla or Nishioka can hold down the 2 spot in the order between Span and Mauer. Obviously, this can be hugely beneficial from a fantasy perspective. In addition, it remains to be seen whether Casilla can hold down the job at shortstop (not to mention Nish's own ability to hold down his job); so we have some potential jockeying between Casilla, Nishioka and perhaps guys like Matt Tolbert and Trevor Plouffe. In 2010 with Chiba Lotte:675 PA, 11 HR, 59 RBI, 121 R, 22 SB, 346 AVG, 423 OBPBill James Projection:Couldn't find it!Rotowire Projection:585 PA, 9 HR, 44 RBI, 87 R, 18 SB, 281 AVG, 349 OBPTRE Projection:550 PA, 5 HR, 45 RBI, 77 R, 20 SB, 280 AVG, 355 OBPI think the Twins will start with Casilla in the 2 slot, which will hurt Nish's runs and I'll also think he'll have an up and down year. Still, this would be close to what they lost with Orlando Hudson and maybe a little speed to boot. The Twins went to Nishioka (and Casilla) because they want more team speed, so I think the 20 steals are semi-safe.
 
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I think I've been low man on all the Project-a-Guy threads so far. That's not going to change with Nishioka. I don't think his SBs will translate into American baseball. He led his league in CS last year. The scouting reports I've read say he's not really that fast but was able to steal based on reading of pitchers' moves. The Japanese pitchers who've made it over here haven't been known for their efficient deliveries.

To me, he looks like a two category producer at best. Even then, AVG is no slam dunk and if he can't hit well enough to stay at the top of the order, he'll be no great shakes in R either.

550 PA

.271/.342/.361

3 HR

115 combined R & RBI

16 SBs

I wish him luck though. International players bring a lot to MLB

 
534 PA, 6 HR, 46 RBI, 68 R, 14 SB, 274 AVG, 332 OBP

These Japanese imports are getting less interesting every year.

 
Limp Ditka said:
550 PA, 4HR, 45 RBI, 67R, 12SB, .265, .312, play for a 2nd place team.
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I'm in this ballpark as well, which most seem to be. This guy seems like a very poor man's Tad Iguchi to me.
 
Love what you are doing with these Tre

Nishioka's prev 6 years of average before last year's spike: .260/.300/.300/.282/.268/.255

Doesn't inspire a ton of confidence

He's also been injury prone

I'll project:

400 PAs/.253 BA/.320 OBP/.430 SLG with 2 HR/45 RBI/64 Runs/20 SB

 
I don't want anything to do with him and I seem higher on him than most,I think he hits in the 2 hole and racks up the runs while hitting for a solid avg. That's it though.

 
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Hanshin Tigers in five games in the best-of-seven series to win the league title.

The final out of the Japan Series was recorded on a runner's intereference play at first base. With the bases loaded and one out in the ninth, former Twins infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka hit a ground ball to first base. The first baseman threw home for the force out, and the catcher threw back to first for the 3-2-3 double play. The throw hit Nishioka though, and he was ruled to be out of the base line, hence the interference.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAZiesXCag0

 
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