Offseason Changes: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Coming:Â Darrell Rasner, Matt Childers, Norihiro Nakamura, Makoto Kosaka
Going: Jose Fernandez, Domingo Guzman, In-Che
Staying: Rick Short, Marcus Gwyn, Fernando Seguignol, Lin Yu-En
Trending: upward
Synopsis: The Eagles added a no. 3 starter (Rasner) to go with Hisashi Iwakuma and Masahiro Tanaka, a corner infield bat (Nakamura), depth to their bullpen (Childers), and depth to their bench (Kosaka) while retaining two strong foreign hitters. On paper, they go into 2009 with the best roster in their short history.