by Balco » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:11 pm
Kenji Johjima C Fukuoka Hawks - he's a free agent next year, all he wants to do is play in america. its 99% certain that he'll be here next year.. he's still young and has a great bat.. can hit for good avg and good power.. he could be a top 3 - 5 catcher in the bigs easily.. on par with pudge or victor martinez. the only concern is that he doesnt speak good english and as a catcher he won't be able to communicate with american pitchers, but theres been plenty of japanese pitchers who made it through ok, so he should be fine