3 Questions:

1. Are they just blowing smoke out of there ass, or are they actually making a real effort to sign this guy?

2. I understand he won the Sawamura Award (Japan's equivalent of the Cy Young Award) but is this guy actually supposed to help us.

3. What makes this guy special, and what pitches does he throw?

I will say he looks really good here.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU1wMH6lXHQ

i understand we are in a rebuilding year and im not sayin go trade hanson or heyward or somethin but the guy is easily a top 5 pitcher or better he has amazing stuff and is still young bobby cox can get the most out of him and we absolutely need an ase

keys to getting peavy, escobar, mortan, schafer (or hernandez) and a lesser prospect would be a great deal think bout it u can go sign orlando caberera who is always solid heyward francouer (who will have a bounce back year) and blanco/diaz/schafer/hernadez (which ever one we dont trade would be our outfield anyway

last but not least like i said 2009 is a building year so right it off and look at 2010 rotation would look like this Peavy, Hanson, Jurrjens, Hudson, Vasquez order that how u want but that is absolutely nasty