With Kenta Maeda's recent arrival to the Dodgers spring camp in Glendale I thought it would be fun to take a look at some Baseball cards from the eight-year veteran of the Japanese Central League. As you know, he began his professional career in 2008, after being drafted the year prior by the Hiroshima Carp. Since that time collectors have been awash in cardboard gold.
Featured below is a checklist of his rookie cards from 2007 - the year he was drafted. I have also included American issued cards of the Japanese ace. Before doing so, though, I want to do a shout out to Japanese Baseball Cards, Beckett and the Trading Card DB for their previous work on this matter.