Tigers First Stage Camp evaluations for 2010

Tigers wrapped up their Okinawa camp and now move to the mainland for the second stage. Here are the evaluations for the attendees. These do not give a reliable indication as to how a player's season will go. For example, last season Mench rated 5 but didn't perform at all. Camp MVP was the catcher Komiyama. However, he has stiff competition if he wants to make the top team. Tigers team leader for 2010 will be Toritani who has made great strides.

5 - Superb performance
Infielders - Brazell, Toritani
Pitchers - Futagami

4 - Very good
Outfielders - Kanemoto, Shunsuke Fujikawa, Asai, Lin
Infielders - Nohara
Catchers - Johjima, Yano, Kanoh
Pitchers - Nohmi, Tsutsui, Kyuji Fujikawa, Uezono, Shimoyanagi, Nishimura, Messenger

3 - Acceptable
Outfielders - Murton, Hiyama, Sakurai
Infielders - Sekimoto, Uemoto, Hirano, Arai, Maeda
Catchers - Shimizu
Pitchers - Watanabe, Satoru Kanemura, Andoh, Sugiyama, Shoh, Egusa, Fukuhara, Kubota, Kubo, Fossom

2 - Try harder
Outfielders - Shibata
Pitchers - Fujihara