Saturday, December 31, 2011

HBT: Ex-Red Sox reliever Okajima going to Yanks

Hideki Okajima spent nearly all of last season in the minors despite being paid $1.75 million by the Red Sox and now the veteran reliever will try to make it back to the majors with the Yankees.

David Waldstein of the New York Times reports that Okajima has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Yankees that includes an invitation to spring training.

At age 36 the odds are against Okajima reestablishing himself as a quality setup man, but he pitched very well at Triple-A with a 2.29 ERA and 48/9 K/BB ratio in 51 innings and if nothing else could be useful as a situational left-hander.

Okajima provided an excellent return on the Red Sox?s investment after signing out of Japan in 2006, throwing 246 innings with a 3.11 ERA while being paid around $8.5 million.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/28/yankees-sign-hideki-okajima-to-minor-league-deal/related/

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