Aki Otsuka This is Me

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1. 1. SignOnSanDiego.com > San Diego Padres -- A run – for Lawrence?

   www.wwwuniontribune.com/sports - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/20/2005   Last Visited: 7/20/2005

   Meantime, Padres relievers Scott Linebrink, Aki Otsuka and Hammond worked their way out of jams before Hammond lost it in the 11th.

2. 2. ducksnorts.com

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   Last Visited: 11/7/2007

   While I've got your attention, though, I would be remiss not to ask for your opinions about Aki Otsuka, another very good Padres rookie who might deserve some consideration. You seem to like him, too. He lags far behind Bay and Greene in cumulative stats like Value Over Replacement Player, but as some folks at Baseball Primer have pointed out, he usually pitches very high-leverage innings, which makes him much more valuable than such statistics suggest. Do you think he should be a real contender here?
   
   Ducksnorts: Regarding Bay's ability to play center field, that's where he was playing for the Padres before he broke his wrist last year. My recollection of him in his brief stint in San Diego is that he looked like a pretty good athlete.
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   As for Otsuka, I wrote about his chances the other day. Basically, Kaz Sasaki won the AL ROY in 2000 pitching fewer innings than Otsuka has this year and posting inferior qualitative numbers.
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   There's also no doubt in my mind that Otsuka could close games on this side of the Pacific. But he works the eighth rather than the ninth, and nobody really cares if a guy finishes with 34 holds. So I guess my answer is that if Sasaki deserved consideration in 2000, then Otsuka deserves it now.

3. 3. Major League Baseball Auctions Listing #70017794

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   Published on: 6/12/2006   Last Visited: 6/13/2006

   Former Padres pitcher Aki Otsuka signed the jersey on the top right-hand side with blue marker. Aki signed both his name and number "16".