Minor moves offseason thread

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Kosuke Fukudome Signs With Hanshin Tigers

By Mike Axisa [January 9 at 2:52pm CST]

Outfielder Kosuke Fukudome signed with the Hanshin Tigers earlier this offseason according to a Sponichi report passed along by Patrick Newman at NPB Tracker. The Octagon client received a three-year deal worth roughly $5.5MM.

 

Fukudome, 35, hit .171/.294/.195 in 51 plate appearances for the White Sox last year before being released at midseason. He signed a minor league deal with the Yankees and hit .276/.440/.378 in 166 Triple-A plate appearances to close out the season. Fukudome is a .258/.359/.395 career hitter at the big league level with the Cubs, Indians, and ChiSox.

 

 

 

Yuck, that didn't work out too well. Still will never forget his opening day home run and awesome first half of 2008.

 

And March-May 2009-2011.

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Valbuena gets 930k on a one year deal and Lillibridge and Darnell McDonald sign minor league deals.

 

I can't wait until Castro goes into a mini slump and makes a few untimely errors, resulting in local sports radio shows to be overcome by callers demanding that Brent Lillibridge replace him because he plays the game the white right way.