The Book on Koji Mitsui
Prospect Info
Koji Mitsui
Born 9/17/1973
LHP, Japan
35 year old lefthander Koji 'Kit-kat' Mitsui was 36-19 over the past eight seasons with Japan's Seibu Lions, with a career 4.41 ERA overall. Once a top-flight starter, he's been used exclusively in relief since early 2005, and in the two years 2006 and 2007, his all-bullpen ERA was under two.
He's only an average strikeout pitcher (6.6K/9) who will probably be tried out as a lefty-specialist reliever by an MLB team, but since lefty-specialists are so seldom seen by hitters, he could be quite successful at confounding them.
Ranking in ScoutingBook (7/30/2010): #446 
Ranking in Baseball America 2010: Unranked
Ranking in Baseball Prospectus: Unranked
Ranking in MiLB.com 2010 Season Preview Unranked
Ranking from the Sporting News: Unranked
Ranking from ESPN: Unranked
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