Chouji Iizuka  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. The Free Agents hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Iizuka's move to first base is average. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Iizuka is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Iizuka has some pop in his swing.

2025 Outlook
What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Iizuka to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Iizuka.

          -- Moostard Nyman

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2015 CAL 54 28 36 40 46 46 50 51 50 62 70 0 37 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 42 171
2016 CAL 55 29 42 43 46 46 50 51 50 66 70 0 37 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 44 192
2017 CAL 54 29 46 46 46 46 50 51 50 66 75 0 37 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 48 202
2018 CAL 54 29 46 50 46 46 50 51 50 66 77 0 37 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 52 206
2019 FA 56 29 46 54 46 46 50 51 50 67 78 0 39 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 216
2020 FA 56 32 46 60 46 46 50 51 50 68 78 0 41 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 224
2021 FA 56 37 46 63 46 46 50 51 50 68 78 0 42 0 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 227
2022 FA 56 38 46 63 46 46 50 51 50 68 79 0 42 0 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 226
2023 FA 56 38 46 63 46 46 50 51 50 68 79 0 42 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 224
2024 FA 56 38 46 63 46 46 50 51 50 69 79 0 42 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 224
2025 FA 56 38 46 63 46 46 50 51 50 69 79 0 43 0 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 223
Ratings Delta                         +1       +1               -1

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2013 21 UBB 6 8 3 9 64 0 0 0 117 1.2 115 9 144 65 51 21 5.00 0.45 2.21 .260 .357 .261 .260 6.92
2014 22 UBB 7 4 3 10 60 0 0 0 112 2.0 129 13 117 69 50 21 5.54 0.59 2.20 .288 .431 .293 .283 7.07
2015 23 UBB 9 2 7 4 59 0 0 0 158.1 2.2 162 29 145 118 55 18 6.72 0.81 1.94 .264 .457 .296 .241 7.11
Totals     22 14 13 23 183 0 0 0 387.1 2.0 406 51 406 252 156 60 5.86 0.62 2.10 .270 .420 .293 .259 7.05

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2016 24 PVBL 4 6 2 12 43 0 0 0 56 1.1 72 9 45 23 37 16 3.70 0.51 2.09 .313 .487 .328 .307 7.07
2017 25 PVBL 3 6 1 12 56 0 0 0 90.1 1.2 85 16 48 30 19 1 3.00 0.63 1.48 .246 .455 .269 .230 5.38
Totals     7 12 3 24 99 0 0 0 146.1 1.1 157 25 93 53 56 17 3.26 0.57 1.71 .273 .468 .288 .264 6.04

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Transfer History for Chouji Iizuka
Date Transferred with Iizuka To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
June 24 2019 Released to Free Agents by Calgary Remparts

Chouji Iizuka's Career Highlights
Year Details
2015 3rd round - 69th overall selection by Calgary Remparts in the 2015 Amateur Draft

Chouji Iizuka's Comparable Players
Player Names
Ike Arasi 93.2% Brenden Hollings 92.4% Graham Byrge 92.1% Bob Atkinson 92.1%  

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