According to a report on FOXSports.com, ‘citing major-league sources,’ the Indians are close to an agreement with free-agent RHP Masahide Kobayashi.
Kobayashi is in Cleveland today to take a physical.
He has averaged 31 saves the past seven seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines, the team managed by Bobby Valentine.
…looks like the indians took a page from the Red Sox (see Hideki Okajima) …kobayashi should be a nice compliment to bullpen workhorses Joe Borowski and Rafael Betancourt…
…by the way, wasn’t there a guy named kobayashi who was looking for keyser soze…





