Minor notes: Lehigh Valley closer heading to Japan

Righthander Matt Childers, along with Yankees righthander Darrell Rasner, have signed with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan. Childers, 30, went 3-5 with a 3.78 ERA with 20 saves and a 68/18 K/BB ratio in 53 games with the IronPigs. He's been with the organization since 2007 and has appeared in 11 Major League games with Milwaukee and Atlanta.

Comments

[GM-Carson]

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[Bedrosian's Beard]

The Matt Childers Era is over.

[Dave X]

It's good for those guys, AAAA players over here sometimes become superstars over across the Pacific.

[GM-Carson]

A good example of one Dave X would be our trusty skipper Charlie Manuel. He stunk in the MLB, but was a homerun champ in Japan.

[Pops]

Good now he can go over and join Kyle Kendrick....