No. Besides, other than the occasional Yu-type super pitcher, most Asian players are inferior to MLBers.
I think most Nippon Pro pitchers come over at an age when they are already acclimated to the HUGE strikezones of Japan. Here, we actually have a strikezone. They also have a smaller and less smooth ball. This Tanaka kid is 23 and most of the "bad teaching" can be undone.
