As expected, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have made outfielder Haruki Nishikawa available through the posting system. The veteran fielder possesses a variety of skills that would be valuable to any Major League team. Known primarily for his speed, the 28-year-old is a career .286/.382/.394 hitter with 287 stolen bases in 332 attempts, an elite 84% success rate.
Haruki Nishikawa was born on April 16, 1992 in Kinokawa, a city in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture. He attended Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School and had an up-and-down record there, as various non-chronic injuries kept him off the field at times and prevented him from living up to his full potential in his first two years there.