NORICHIKA AOKI RUMORS
Norichika Aoki - regression candidate?
The Milwaukee Brewers caught a nice surprise in 2012 when Norichika Aoki turned in a 2.9 fWAR season and ended up compiling 588 plate appearances in 151 games. There are a lot of nice elements in his numbers as we shall see. With only one year in the Major Leagues (in this country), can he repeat those numbers? Only ZiPS doesn't think so. All the other projection systems think...
Player Profil #64: Norichika Aoki | OF | MIL
In any other year Norichika Aoki would have garnered a lot more attention, but to Aoki’s detriment 2012 gave us three great rookie seasons from Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, and Yoenis Cespedes. But if I asked you which rookie had the fourth-best season last year, your answer had better be Aoki.Trout, Harper, and Cespedes aside, Aoki had the best wOBA (.344), wRC+ (115), and WAR (2...
RF Aoki puts in extra work for Brewers
When Norichika Aoki came over from Japan, he had his routine.
He'd followed it for years, taking 1,000 swings a day, arriving earlier than almost everyone to take extra batting practice before games. While that worked in Japan, the grind of the big league season wasn't allowing him to continue the extra work without wearing down.
The Brewers asked Aoki to cut down on some...
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February 24, 2013
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What To Expect From Brewers’ Norichika Aoki In 2013
Norichika Aoki entered 2012 as the fourth outfielder on the Milwaukee Brewers. By the time the season ended, Aoki was the 27th ranked outfielder in the league, according to ESPN’s Fantasy Baseball Player Rater.
It’s not very often a player with absolutely no minor league experience makes the kind of impact Aoki did in his first season. In 2013, Aoki will need to replicate his...
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January 02, 2013
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Report: Aoki will skip World Baseball Classic
Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Norichika Aoki will not participate in the World Baseball Classic, according to a report from the Japanese newspaper Nikkansports.
Aoki has reportedly told Japan manager Koji Yamamoto that he is skipping the tournament in order to prepare for his second season with the Brewers. The World Baseball Classic runs from March 2-19 and interferes with major...
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November 14, 2012
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Norichika Aoki gets infield single after ground ball hits rosin bag (Video)
Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Norichika Aoki got an infield single on what should have been a double play ball during Saturday's game against the Washington Nationals after his ground ball up the middle hit a rosin bag in the back of the pitcher's mound.
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It happened in the bottom of the third inning with one out and a runner...
Aoki has given Brewers needed boost
MILWAUKEE Norichika Aoki could feel his muscles aching, day after day, as the middle of June wore on during his rookie season in America. He was tired -- there was no disputing that -- but for the first time in his career, he didn't know what to do about it.
Aoki had been one of the most consistent players in Japan before signing with the Milwaukee Brewers in the offseason...
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July 09, 2012
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Two homers, two pies for Aoki, translator
MILWAUKEE -- There are plenty of similarities between baseball in Japan and in the major leagues, but Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Norichika Aoki found out Thursday that there is at least one significant difference. After hitting a walk-off home run to beat the Chicago Cubs, the Japanese star -- as well as his translator -- were greeted with shaving cream pies in the face in the...
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June 07, 2012
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Brewers' Aoki hits inside-the-park homer
Norichika Aoki hit an inside-the-park home run in the fourth inning of the Milwaukee Brewers' game against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, the first major league homer for the former Japanese baseball batting champion.
Aoki hit a sharp liner off Rockies starter Jhoulys Chacin, and the ball scooted past the outstretched glove of diving left fielder Carlos Gonzalez. The ball went...
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April 20, 2012
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Brewers' Aoki looks like intriguing import
Norichika Aoki feels quite comfortable in the batter's box. The native of Hyuga City, Japan, proved as much Sunday, when he hammered a full-count, two-out offering from Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw over the fence for a homer. That round-tripper was part of a stretch in which Aoki produced 10 hits in 16 Cactus League at-bats with his new squad, the Brewers -- much to the delight...
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March 26, 2012
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