This includes scouring the international market for talent. He has done his homework on Japanese pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, and there appears to be mutual interest for the San Francisco Giants.
Kikuchi has posted a 2.81 ERA in 8 seasons in the Japanese Pacific League. This includes a 3.3 BB/9 and 8.0 K/9 ratios. These numbers have been trending in the right direction in recent seasons.
Those are good numbers. However, Kikuchi comes with some noticeable red flags as well. In 8 seasons, he has only thrown 1,035.1 innings. That is only about 129 innings per season, which is not a lot.