RHP Nippon Ham Fighters
Ito's big pitches are his fastball, slider and splitter, but he'll mix in curves, cutters, two-seamers and changeups. On a staff that is a who's who of Japanese pitchers who miss bats the most, Ito gets few swinging strikes, but hitters only made hard contact off him an NPB-worst 29 percent of the time, according to Delta Graphs. The son of a commercial fisherman, Ito's given name means "great sea," and he is famous for spending his leisure time fishing.