Kosuke Fukudome Scouting Report
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Published by Dugout Scout on November 2, 2007 11:22 am under Playoffs, Japan
Kosuke Fukudome
- Outfielder
- Japanese Free Agent
Fukudome is one of the better athletes playing in Japan. He is capable of playing center field and right field. He is a five-tool player capable of hitting in the middle of the batting order or in the number two spot. During the middle of the 2007 season he was hit by a pitch and missed the remainder of the season. A new rule in Japan gives players on the disabled list time served towards their free agency rights, and this makes Fukudome a free agent.
The 30-year old Fukudome is a championship player capable of performing under pressure situations, so this means he should be able to play in bigger markets in MLB. Just like with American-born players, some Japanese players can handle the bigger markets (Hideki Matsui, Daisuke Matsuzaka) while others can’t (Kaz Matsui, Hideki Irabu).
Scouts Rating (The scouts rating evaluates a player’s raw tools on a 20-80 scale. Albert Pujols, for reference, rates a 75.)
- Overall: 62
- Power: 65
- Hit: 55
- Field: 70
- Speed: 60
- Arm: 60
Player Category “GOOD”
2007 Statistics
- 81 games
- .294 BA
- .443 OBP
- 13 HR
- 48 RBIs
Career Statistics
- 1,074 games
- .305 BA
- .397 OBP
- .543 SLG
- 192 HR
- 647 RBIs
- 71 SB
See http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1064 for more stats.
Projected MLB Stats
When evaluating the 2007 MLB line-ups, Fukudome could bat fifth in the line-up for 11 of the 30 teams. He projects to the following:
- .265-.285 BA
- .380 OBP
- 20-30 HR
- 80-100 RBIs
- 10 SB
Projections courtesy of iScouts, Inc 2007
