Chihiro Kaneko the next Masahiro Tanaka?

News is circulating that the Japanese League Orix Buffaloes could post 31 year old starting pitcher Chihiro Kaneko this offseason. Would Kaneko be worth the investment? Honestly I have no idea so let's look at his stats via Baseball Reference.

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2006	22	1	1	.500	3.54	21	1	0	0	28.0	20	13	4	18	22	1.357	6.4	1.3	5.8	7.1	1.22
2007	23	6	2	.750	2.79	36	7	2	2	84.0	75	31	4	20	68	1.131	8.0	0.4	2.1	7.3	3.40
2008	24	10	9	.526	3.98	29	25	0	0	165.0	185	78	19	34	126	1.327	10.1	1.0	1.9	6.9	3.71
2009	25	11	8	.579	2.57	32	21	5	2	171.2	149	54	15	34	165	1.066	7.8	0.8	1.8	8.7	4.85
2010	26	17	8	.680	3.30	30	29	7	6	204.1	184	85	17	44	190	1.116	8.1	0.7	1.9	8.4	4.32
2011	27	10	4	.714	2.43	20	20	5	2	155.1	126	45	9	38	123	1.056	7.3	0.5	2.2	7.1	3.24
2012	28	4	3	.571	2.40	9	9	2	1	63.2	65	19	2	15	56	1.257	9.2	0.3	2.1	7.9	3.73
2013	29	15	8	.652	2.01	29	29	10	3	223.1	166	55	10	58	200	1.003	6.7	0.4	2.3	8.1	3.45
2014	30	16	5	.762	1.98	27	27	4	3	191.0	157	48	7	42	199	1.042	7.4	0.3	2.0	9.4	4.74
9 Seasons		90	48	.652	2.69	233	168	35	19	1286.1	1127	428	87	303	1149	1.112	7.9	0.6	2.1	8.0	3.79

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