岩村の活躍は不明

MLB HPより抜粋。

Neutral: Akinori Iwamura
The 27-year-old Iwamura, who earned five Gold Gloves as a third baseman in Japan, has batted at least .300 with 30-plus homers in each of the last three seasons for the Yakult Swallows, but his high strikeout total begets a strong degree of doubt as to whether he can match that output in the Majors. Devil Rays general manager Andrew Friedman recently conceded the point, saying, "We don't expect that his power will translate quite as well as it did in Japan, but we think he will hit for more extra-base hits." There's also some uncertainty as to whether he or fading prospect B.J. Upton will earn the everyday job at third. Either way, expect between 10 and 20 jacks from Iwamura, who could qualify all over the diamond in several formats given his versatility. Consider the left-handed-hitting slugger worthy of a late-round flier, but follow his job status in Spring Training.

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三振が多いのが気になる。松井秀喜の例から、日本人選手には本塁打は期待されていない。守備と打率での貢献を期待。