http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/02/red-sox-expected-to-non-tender-reliever-hideki-okajima/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 01:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/02/red-sox-expected-to-non-tender-reliever-hideki-okajima/comment-page-1/#comment-94931 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:37:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=28928#comment-94931 Given the small sample size of a reliever’s workload, heck, he might bounce back and be genuinely useful too. I’m just saying that right now his demonstrated skills are fairly fungible, the kind of guy who one signs in February to fill out one’s bullpen.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/02/red-sox-expected-to-non-tender-reliever-hideki-okajima/comment-page-1/#comment-94877 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:37:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=28928#comment-94877 He was terrible this past year. That, and he’s not exactly a spring chicken. I’d dump him.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/02/red-sox-expected-to-non-tender-reliever-hideki-okajima/comment-page-1/#comment-94875 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:33:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=28928#comment-94875 Might work out as a good LOOGY, triple slash line of .214/.271/.320 with a 3.20 K/BB ratio.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/02/red-sox-expected-to-non-tender-reliever-hideki-okajima/comment-page-1/#comment-94869 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:19:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=28928#comment-94869 Even in those last 16 outings, Okajima had 9 strikeouts to 5 walks in 13.7 IP. If that’s his best streak of the season, it’s not much of an argument for spending real dollars to keep or acquire him.

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