Lupin Cliff Hangers and Shin Seiki Evas

December 1, 2009

Lupin receives:
SS Yukio Sakai (40, ML) - $0.89
MR Yosai Kikuchi (31, ML) - $2.02
CF Toshiyuki Endo (19, A) - minor league contract
Shin Seiki's 1st round 2010 draft pick (10th pick, 10th overall: LF Tsutomu Shibata)
Shin Seiki's 3rd round 2010 draft pick (10th pick, 34th overall: 2B Taikan Koumura by Fushigi-Yugi)

Shin Seiki receives:
CL Sachi "Swamp Fox" Sakurai (27, ML) - $0.20
1B David Robert (33, ML) - $10.03/$10.72/$11.41 (last year player option)
2B Ton Kichida (31, ML) - $0.84/$0.84
Lupin's 6th round 2010 draft pick (3rd pick, 63rd overall: SP Kawanari Masuda)
Lupin's 8th round 2010 draft pick (pick 3, 87th overall: MR Kosho Saito)

Since Then:
Yukio Sakai batted poorly (.588 OPS in 72 AB) in 2010 before retiring January 1, 2012.
Yosai Kikuchi pitched well for Lupin, amassing 52 saves in three seasons (2010: 3.61, 2011: 3.78, 2012: 2.41 ERA).  Kikuchi was traded to Hyakujuu (4/14/2013) where he pitched adequately (4.59 ERA) in the 2013 season, then signed as a free agent to PEBA team Bakersfield, where he did not fare so well in 2014 (5.00 ERA).
Toshiyuki Endo had 88 bad (.464 OPS) at bats for Lupin (2012-2014).

Sachi Sakurai  has pitched excellently (2010-2014) with an ERA of 1.81 or lower each season.  Sachi was a 2012 and 2014 all-star.  Sachi won the 2012 and 2014 LRS-JPN SSG Umai Kabeyaku Award.
David Robert hit well for three seasons (2012-2014), including AVG of .281 or better, with Shin Seiki before retiring on January 1, 2014.
Ton Kichida hit respectably in one season for Shin Seiki before being traded to Neo-Tokyo (January 26, 2011), then back to Shin Seiki where he has not hit well for 4 seasons (2011-2014).

(Updated December 28, 2014 - 8/23/2011)