去年 WBC 後，權威網站 Baseball America 的球探報告，列為 WBC 的 No.3 Prospect No.1 是 Yu Darvish，No.2 是 Aroldis Chapman Hisashi Iwakuma, rhp, Japan While many of the players listed on this Top 10 are barely in their 20s, Iwakuma is a pitching veteran. Unlike most of the other pitchers on this list, Iwakuma has had some health concerns, as he missed most of the 2006 season with a shoulder injury, and he struggled in 2007 as well. But he returned to full health in 2008, as he went 21-4, 1.87 to lead the Pacific League in ERA and wins to earn the league's MVP award. Iwakuma doesn't light up a radar gun, as his fastball sits around 89-90 mph and tops out at 93, but he pairs it with a nasty split-finger fastball that dives at the plate and a solid-to-plus slider. As he showed throughout the World Baseball Classic, Iwakuma is extremely efficient. He carved up Cuba, needing only 66 pitches to work six innings. Since Iwakuma has already played nine years in Japan, he could head to the U.S. as soon as his current contract is up if he so chooses. If he did, he would have little problem finding teams ready to plug him into their rotation. "He would step into any rotation in the majors right now; he might be the No. 1 for half the teams in the majors," an American League scout said. "He's very impressive across the board." --

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