{"playerId":5080,"percentChange":-0.1,"averageDraftPosition":260,"percentOwned":0,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Nakajima (hamstring) will play six innings in an extended spring training game Wednesday and may head out for a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento after that, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.","spin":"Following a 1-for-3 performance in five innings of an extended spring training game Monday, Nakajima appears close to beginning a rehab stint. Given the play of Jed Lowrie to begin the season, it's conceivable to think Nakajima could be optioned off the 25-man roster once healthy.","date":"Mon Apr 29"},"fullName":"Hiroyuki Nakajima","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"A year after failing to agree on a contract with the Yankees, who won his negotiating rights a winter ago, Nakajima made the jump from Japan's pro league to join the Athletics this offseason. That actually works out well for fantasy owners, given that Nakajima is in position to have a bigger role with the A's, who need starters at second and third base. At 30, Nakajima is ready to step in on Day One and might be able to handle playing every day at second base, depending on where Oakland sees him fitting best after acquiring Jed Lowrie. One of the top hitters in Japan, Nakajima has shown a power-speed combo that suggests he could reach low double digits in homers and steals as a regular. But be wary: The track record for Japanese middle infielders coming to the U.S. (think: Kazuo Matsui, Tadahito Iguchi, Akinori Iwamura, Tsuyoshi Nishioka) is sketchy at best. Consider him an AL-only play.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Wed Feb 20"}}