Right-hander Kazumi Saito re-signed with the Softbank Hawks for 2009, taking a 50 million yen paycut after missing last season following rotator cuff surgery.
Saito’s rehab, a portion of which took place in Arizona, hasn’t gone as well as hoped, and he may miss the start of another season. Before the shoulder problems crept up, Saito was talked about as a possibility to come to the U.S. this winter. Now any such plans are on indefinite hold.
