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All-Stars
* Kim Chae-bong returns to the All-Star Game, sporting a gaudy 9-2 record and 2.86 ERA and 0.92 WHIP over 107 IP
* The starter for the PL will be rotationmate Shigejiro Matsumoto, with a .094 WHIP and 12.1 K/( over 106 IP. The 7-8 record and 3.06 ERA aren't as good...
* DH Teruhide Hirata will start for the PL, his first ASG appearance in almost a decade. .241/.316/.500 slash line with 14 HR
* 3B Willie de la Cruz gets an All-Star nod in his first pro season! The .335/.405/.482 slash line and 21 SB are ridiculous - Shizuoka's got something special here.
* LF Tomoki Yamauchi returns to the AGH with his .289/.340/.490 slash line, 16 HR, and 21 SB.
* RF Yoshikuni Yokota will start at RF for the PL, thanks to his .269/.337/.446 slash line and 16 HR
Future Stars
* LHP Hidetsugu Fuchigami, added to the Arrows organization last offseason, has gone 2-3 with a 4.57 ERA in his new AAA team
* 19-year-old RHP Yutaka Ikeda has a 4.15 ERA in 47 2/3 IP
* LHP Mikio Yasuda has taken a step back from last season, but the 4.25 ERA and 10.5 K/9 are still promising
* RHP Eishin Shibazaki sports a 1.46 WHIP and 11.4 K/9 as a mop-up man for the Grandserows
* 1B Taichi Sakamoto is probably the Arrows' next DH with his .283/.324/.384 slash line
* 3B Ricky Mendez is struggling in AAA having whiffed on his pro shot in April, but the .229/.323/.309 is half-decent
* A pair of AA CFs got nominated as well, as Shosaku Aoki slashed /.319/.360/.464 and Shinshuu Komatsu slashed .288/.391/.461 with 7 HRs.
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