"Hi everybody, How are you doing? Thank you for coming today. My name is Kenji Johjima. I am from Sasebo, Japan. I am very happy to sign with Mariners."
Johjima, 29, can hit, with a career batting average of .299 with 211 home runs and 699 RBIs in 11 seasons (1,117 games) with the Pacific League's Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. And he can play defense, too, with seven Japanese Gold Gloves to his credit. Scouts are enamored with Johjima's strong arm and surprisingly quick feet. Johjima signed a three-year, $16.5 million contract in November.
Mike Piazza to the Yankees? It's unlikely, but not impossible. Two published reports on Tuesday indicated that Piazza's agents reached out to the Yankees on Monday, gauging the team's interest in the catcher.
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