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I think it has more to do with success rate.

Jeter
2008 11SB / 5CS

Relative to his Run Speed (B), that's a pretty bad rate.

Wow, he was that bad? I'm amazed. He almost never gets got most years. I can't think of a single time I saw him get caught, but I did miss about a month. I can't have forgotten that many.
That's suprising, that's very non derek-jeter like.
Considering Fuku-dome's huge struggles, he's highly overated. He has good ability, he just needs to learn how to deal with the 2-seamer (it was the 2-seamer that caused so much trouble for him, right?). if he can, then he can be a pretty good hitter. He was the best hitter the fist half without doubt in the NL but fell apart once pitchers found his weakness.

There's a new update. I'll go ahead and let odawali post their new abilities, but here's the player's names:

- Hideki Okajima (Red Sox)
- Kazuo Matsui (Astros)
- Francisco Rodriguez (Angels)
- Kenji Johjima (Mariners)

I am not totally sure about the last one as Google translate gave me something I couldn't understand, but Google translate DID say the player was from the Cardinals, and I BELIEVE the last one on this update is Ryan Ludwick.

What about Joba? I want to see his new stats.

I'll leave the honors to you.

Okajima @ 93mph w/ A Control has officially made me lose interest in these updates. It's evident they're simply juiced up to please the Japanese users who don't have the luxury of Player Edit or S/L in Success Mode like we do.

I have trouble translating some of the special abilities, which is why I was going to let you do it, but I'll try my best.

I apologize if I am incorrect on any of the special abilities, Google Translate can sometimes be unreliable:

November 1st Update
Hideki Okajima
SPD 93mph
CTL 182
STM 68
DCB 5 / CHG 6
Poise 4, W/RISP 2, VS LH Batter 4, Release 4

Kazuo Matsui
TRJ 2
CON 11
PWR 140
RUN 14
ARM 12
FLD 12
ERR 12
Durability 2, Stealing 4, Pr Day Game, Gd Rain, Gd IF HTR, Error Prone, Barehand CTH, 2nd Position 4
Patient HTR

Francisco Rodriguez
SPD 99mph
CTL 163
STM 61
SLD 6 / CB 6 / CHG 4
Recovery 4, Gd Reflexes (Not Sure), Spin 4, Intimidator
Star, Cautious STL

Kenji Johjima
TRJ 4
CON 10
PWR 169
RUN 8
ARM 13
FLD 11
ERR 13
Consistency 4, Throwing 4, Gd Catcher, Gd Rain, Gd Block, Pull Hitter
Slugger, Aggressive HTR, Cautious STL

Ryan Ludwick
TRJ 3
CON 10
PWR 187
RUN 9
ARM 9
FLD 9
ERR 8
Firstball HTR, Timely Whiff, 2nd Position 4
Aggressive HTR

Francisco Rodriguez no longer is a guy who throws in the high 90s. His fastball was thrown at an average of 91.9 mph this year, down from 94.8 in 2006. That's a big difference right there.

And Johjima with 10 contact and 167 power? He hit .227 this year with 7 HRs with a whopping OPS+ of 64. Okajima isn't nearly as good as they've got him either. I'd say 91 mph with a CB (4) and change (3) would be much more accurate.

Japanese favors japanese players lol

Yeah.... I don't like these updates, A control Okiedokie? More like D if he's lucky.

While I still don't believe he deserves intimidator, K-Rod isn't nearly as good and godly like he is in the game. His speed should obviously be lowered. That makes me happy haha.
Kazua-Matsui seems a little over-powered as well.

Not to mention Johjima was one of the worst offensive catchers in the league this year.

Lookin' kinda generous with Japanese players stats there Konami.

lol these updates are an absolute joke for the Jap players.

Don't say Jap. Say Japanese. Do we need to bring up Wyl's post?