Potentially posted Japanese players according to Bill Bavasi:

RHP Kaz Saito of the Softbank Hawks (Fukuoka)

29 years old next season.

From the Matsuzaka thread

Another top pitcher this season, has not has as great a career as Matsuzaka but has been pretty good 4 of the last 5 seasons.

K.Saito 2006 Regular Season Stats
[codebox] W L ERA GP GS CG ShO Hld GF Sv IP H R ER HR BB SO OBA
18 5 1.75 26 26 8 5 0 0 0 201.0 147 50 39 10 46 205 .204[/codebox]
Led the Pacific League in ERA, K, IP and Shut Outs

Here are his stats 97-05 Kaz Saito

What's the velocity on his fastball and breaking pitches? What does he throw?

Saito, meanwhile, was brilliant in dispatching Nippon Ham's lineup as well, allowing more hits than Yagi but keeping runners out of scoring position through the first eight innings.

In the ninth, however, Saito hit a wall. Morimoto walked to lead off the inning, and Kensuke Tanaka advanced him to second with a sacrifice bunt.

Michihiro Ogasawara, hitless in the second stage, stepped to the plate, and Saito walked the 2006 Pa League RBI and home run champion intentionally, hoping to get Fernando Seguignol to ground into a double play.

Seguignol struck out, and Inaba stepped to the plate with two on and two outs. With a 1-0 count, Inaba hit a grounder almost out of shortstop Kawasaki's reach, but the Hawks' man got a glove on it and flipped the ball to second base, trying to force out Ogasawara.

Ogasawara beat the throw, and Morimoto loped home. End of game, end of series.

Don't have a scouting report on him yet but he is regarded as the best pitcher in the NPB Pacific League this season.

He was the tough luck loser today as Fukuoka Softbank got swept in the Pacific League final today by Nippon Ham.
japantimes.com
Saito's line
9 IP 1 R 4 H 8 K 2 BB

If he is posted he might be a good plan B to Matsuzaka.

Wow, if he can touch 95 than sign me up for bringing him in to solidify the bottom of the rotation. I wonder why after a year like this no team is showing immediate interest. I know he's had an average career to that point but plenty of players in the MLB get signed to large deals for just one-years performance.

Saito shelved
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Softbank Hawks ace right-hander Kazumi Saito was removed from the active roster Thursday due to fatigue in his pitching shoulder and could be out of action for a prolonged period.

The 2006 Sawamura Award winner, who led the Pacific League with 18 wins, a 1.75 ERA, 205 strikeouts and a .783 winning percentage, had been complaining of shoulder fatigue since his last start on Saturday.

"He can't throw hard, and if he forces himself to keep pitching, it'll cause him pain," chief trainer Kunio Shirakami said. "We have to think about how long he should go without gripping a ball for recovery."