It sounds like Mike Johnson gets to make the long flight home of failure. He was roughed up in a pair of relief outings last week and SK has seen enough.

According to Patrick at NPB Tracker, former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Ken Kadokura is on his way to SK. It sounds like Patrick thinks Ken still has something left in the tank. He can't be much worse than this guy. I'm not sure where he fits in. Most likely he'll start in the bulllpen.

As far as I know, Doosan is still looking for a replacement for Matt Randel. Scott Elarton, anyone?


Kadokura Heading to Korea

Sponichi is reporting that Ken Kadokura is heading to Korea to sign a deal with the SK Wyverns. The Wyverns were the first team to make Kadokura an offer after he was released by Yomiuri, but he chose to pursue an MiLB contract instead. SK also has former MLB’er and SoftBank Hawk CJ Nitkowski under contract.