But he showed signs of wearing down long before he approached the 100 game mark, let alone the full season. He did, but there's a lot to adjust to and I think a full season of experience helps. Language and cultural differences obviously, but also travel. I imagine the effects of traveling across the US for 6 months v just Japan can be pretty significant. He still may tail off or fall off completely, but I think there are a number of reasons why he could improve significantly with a year of experience. I wonder if he worked on hitting the 2seamer during the offseason. Apparently, he pretty much trained almost the entire offseason. Getting a good year out of him would be huge for this offense, same goes with Fontenot.