There has been a lot of cross-traffic in recent days with players switching from one Japanese team to another or heading for the majors. One question yet to be answered, though, is: Where will Alex Cabrera play in 2011?
Despite his being recently selected as the first baseman on the Pacific League "Best Nine" postseason All-Star team for 2010, the 38-year-old slugger was removed from the active roster last week by the Orix Buffaloes, and it remains to be seen if the Venezuelan first baseman will join a third Japanese team next season — or look for a return to the major leagues for the first time since 2000.
His MLB tenure consisted of 31 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks, after he played in Taiwan in 1999 with the China Trust Whales.