Interesting guy. Until the absolute insanity that is Jhoan Duran, Sawamura threw the hardest splitter on earth. That's pretty cool.
But one thing about having an improving farm system is that those winter 40-man roster spots become a lot more valuable, and it isn't at all clear that somebody like Sawamura is really worth protecting over, say, Frank German. I expect there's enough there that he'll be in somebody's bullpen next season — maybe ours!
But one thing about having an improving farm system is that those winter 40-man roster spots become a lot more valuable, and it isn't at all clear that somebody like Sawamura is really worth protecting over, say, Frank German. I expect there's enough there that he'll be in somebody's bullpen next season — maybe ours!