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A little 'too' much Japanese in his offensive game. :-)
Jack Wilson reminds me of a LOT of an older version of Munenori Kawasaki. He doesn't have Kawasaki's speed (maybe less ability to hit for average/make contact), but he has a tad more pop, so they're probably about the same. Actually, now that you mention it, Kawasaki might be a guy the Ms would want to look for as a backup SS/2B with upside. Hes having a horrible season offensively this year, but he practically idolizes Ichiro and his service time will be up soon. I think his game would translate well to MLB as long as you make sure you get him to hit the weights in the offseason.
NPB is becoming even more of an extreme pitchers league. There are just a TON of great young starters right now, but the hitting talent is kind of fizzling off a bit.
There are some tremendous all-around players that can hit, field, and run like Norichika Aoki and Nakajima, but the superstar Ichiro type players and prime-H.Matsui/Matsunaka/Ogaswara type stud hitters haven't arrived yet.
Any word on some NPB hitting specs Ice? Naka-san?