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As Taro mentions that -- and this doesn't impact Matt's logic --
I wonder if WBC-level Japanese players wouldn't translate to MLB effectiveness with exceptional reliability.
Their players are precise, studious, and mistake-averse, and I wonder if this doesn't give their skillsets a "robustness" and "resilience" against other leagues.
Witness the WBC.
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For NPB hitters being posted, or coming over as FA's, you'd think that GM's would factor in a very low "basement" for those players' performances...