Kenta Maeda Wants To Play In MLB As Soon As 2015

Kenta Maeda has expressed interest in playing in MLB, as soon as 2015 @Yakyuzuki_news 【広島】マエケン激白！来オフにも「メジャー」（スポーツ報知） http://t.co/G4E0VATfHP
— Patrick Newman (@npbtracker) December 10, 2013

Kenta Maeda, the next "next big thing" from Japan, wants to play in the states and will play in Major League Baseball as soon as 2015. Maeda is a starting pitcher and would be in his age 27 season in 2015 when he would presumably be posted and has shared success over the last two seasons for the Hiroshima Carp. With the Yankees, already looking towards 2015 cannot be a great idea, set to lose Hiroki Kuroda after this season Maeda may be a good replacement in the rotation. A lot can happen both for the Yankees, for the Carp, and for Maeda between now and then though.

Here is a look at his stats from his years in Japan just to give you an early look at what we may be interested in.

Year	Age	Tm	W	L	ERA	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9
2008	20	Hiroshima	9	2	3.20	18	1	1	109.2	103	43	39	10	35	55	1.258	8.5	0.8	2.9	4.5
2009	21	Hiroshima	8	14	3.36	29	3	1	193.0	194	82	72	22	29	147	1.155	9.0	1.0	1.4	6.9
2010	22	Hiroshima	15	8	2.21	28	6	2	215.2	166	55	53	15	46	174	0.983	6.9	0.6	1.9	7.3
2011	23	Hiroshima	10	12	2.46	31	4	2	216.0	178	61	59	14	43	192	1.023	7.4	0.6	1.8	8.0
2012	24	Hiroshima	14	7	1.53	29	5	2	206.1	161	46	35	6	44	171	0.994	7.0	0.3	1.9	7.5
2013	25	Hiroshima	15	7	2.10	26	3	1	175.2	129	46	41	13	40	158	0.962	6.6	0.7	2.0	8.1
6 Seasons			71	50	2.41	161	22	9	1116.1	931	333	299	80	237	897	1.046	7.5	0.6	1.9	7.2

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 12/10/2013.