Kosuke Fukudome signs with Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox have signed Japanese national and former Chicago Cubs’ talented out-fielder Kosuke Fukudome to a one-year deal worth $1 million on late Tuesday night to support their dire outfield.

“We have a fair amount of quality (right-handed pitchers) in our division this year and we felt we were a little unbalanced,” White Sox assistant GM Rick Hahn said. “Kosuke obviously has a track record of performing well against right-handed pitchers.”

From experts’ point of view, Fukudome will be helping the White Sox right field. Last season playing along-side with some of the very talented players of the Cleveland Indians, Fukudome showed them the true class of the Japanese style of offensive ball play that eventually helped the Indians’ roster in a big way. They not only out-performed many teams but also achieved consistent winning percentage last season.

Fukudome is coming with a batting average of .262 along with eight home-runs, 35 RBIs and .342 OBP while his career average of .260, 42 homers, 191 RBIs and .361 OBP is also pretty impressive for a three-year veteran player.

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