Junichi Tazawa Boston Red Sox Memorabilia and Apparel

Junichi Tazawa Jersey: Boston Red Sox Adult ALTERNATE RED # 86 (medium)

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Junichi Tazawa is a Japanese baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Tazawa was the MVP of the Japanese corporate league Intercity Championship in 2008, leading the team to the championship with a 4-0 record and 36 strikeouts. His 97-mile-per-hour (156 km/h) fastball attracted Major League Baseball scouts, and in September 2008, he announced that he would sign with a Major League team for the 2009 season, and would pursue a career in the United States without having pitched a single game in the Nippon Professional Baseball professional league. On December 4, 2008, Tazawa signed with the Boston Red Sox reportedly for $3 million over three years. If Tazawa plays at the Major League level, he would become the third Japanese player, after Mac Suzuki and Kazuhito Tadano, to do so without first playing professionally in Japan. Tazawa was optioned to Double A Portland on March 22, 2009.