With just two weeks to go until spring training camps open for the 12 Japanese pro baseball teams, here are five things to look for during the 2015 season:
1. How will Japanese players seemingly on the verge of going to the major leagues perform during the coming pivotal season?
Curiously, no high-profile Japanese players are going to the majors this year. Last season, MLB team scouts followed most closely pitchers Chihiro Kaneko of the Orix Buffaloes and Kenta Maeda of the Hiroshima Carp. They also had interest in position players Yoshio Itoi of Orix and Takashi Toritani of the Hanshin Tigers.
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