100+ isn't enough. A NL starting pitcher gets about 70-80 PAs in a season hitting 9th on the days they start. Promise him whatever he wants and let him actually do it for the first season. If he sucks offensively then you transition him to a more traditional role in year 2. I'd suggest letting him start every 6th game as a pitcher, get about 40 starts in the OF/DH and then be available to pinch hit the other days. That would get him 27ish starts and 250-300 or so PAs. That's about the same number of PAs that he had each year in Japan. But I wouldn't lie. Let him do whatever it takes to get him here and his performance will decide how to move forward after year 1. Arrieta led the team with 61 ABs last year. A Lora had 299. Somewhere in between is probably about right. Let him take TLS’s 125. uh, seal MAN put up some damn good numbers. he may need a few more ABs, not less