[Nickphillies]

Meet the Team(Pitchers)

Starters

Todd Jordan(27, 4*/4.5*) Our ace. 15-5 last season with a 3.31 ERA. Struck out 168 batters. Very good fastball and Sinker. Changeup could use work(4). Lost both his decisions in the playoffs though.

David Henry(28, 2.5*/3*) Went 11-4 with a 2.88ERA last year, our #2 pitcher. Has a nasty slider(20) but other than that a pretty average pitcher.

Shigetaka Watanabe(2.5*/3*) - Had a very poor season(5-10, 5.01 ERA) last year and I hope he, can recover.

Barney Tanaka(25, 1.5*/3.5*) - Went 10-1 with a 3.29 so he was a pleasant surprise. Has potential but is self-centered. OSA likes this kid(4.5*) so we'll see.

Laurent Dede(24, 1.5*/3*) - Reliever turned starter. 17 Stamina and he is still young. Will be our #5 guy in the rotation.

Prospect: Peter Matthews(20, 0.5*/3*) Our best guy coming up. Not too much else in the pipeline.

Relievers

Matsuyo Ine(27, 5*/5*) - Dude can pitch. Doesn't last too long, but he makes it count.

Jeff Oishi(23, 4.5*/5*) - His Stuff is off the chart(23) Won six decisions last year and struck out 113 batters. Potential Hall of Famer

Mike Grimes(25, 4*/4.5*) - Mike works his tail off and I can always rely on him to keep the team in games.

Shirai Saito(28, 3.5*/4*) - Managed to win 10 games last year. He utilizes two pitches and gave up a lot of earned runs(7.27) but he gets results. Hoping he can bring that ERA down.

Edward Winter(26, 2*/3.5*) - Was quite successful in AAA with Lavender Town. Time to see what he can do in the PBL.

Closers

Isei Aoki(27, 5*/5*) - Only had 18 saves last year, but he's rocking a 26 for his Stuff. Two pitches that are highly rated(FB - 21, CHG - 20) and he strikes batters out(116K)

Prospects: Jonah Long(1*/4.5*)(Out 10 months with Tommy John surgery) My top closer prospect, but he might not be for long. Anthony Taylor(20, 0.5*/3*) is my other prospect.