TOKYO -- It was easy for a young Japanese ace-in-the-making to slip under the radar at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. There was Shohei Ohtani, starting, relieving, and hammering baseballs all over the park. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was a year away from winning his third consecutive Sawamura Awa...
gaijin baseball/外国人野球 (@gaijinbaseball) october 31, 2022 not only has harper led his team to the world series in the last month, but he may now draw a japanese superstar to philadelphia. given that yoshida is an outfielder, though, he may not fit into the phillies'...
Japan was a land of mystery to American baseball fans for many years, but it's safe to say the perception has changed. The success of many players from the Land of the Rising Sun -- from Hideo Nomo toIchiro SuzukitoShohei Ohtani-- has proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that Japanese...
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What about players who reach free agency? Since 1997, foreign players who qualify for free agency in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) no longer count as foreign players. OnlyTaigen Kaku(Kuo Tai-yuan) of the Seibu Lions andTuffy Rhodesof Kintetsu, the Giants, and Orix have qualified under ...
During his nine-season career in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), he was noted for making consistent contact and getting on base a lot. He had a .402 career on-base percentage in Japan and has yet to match that in MLB, but his .366 OPB in ...
Sugiyama has worked on countermeasures against defamation targeting professional baseball players, identifying malicious posters and negotiating settlements with them. But the reality is that it’s like playing “whack-a-mole,” he said. He said it is more important for competition organizers and athle...
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In addition, Sasaki's experience pitching in the World Baseball Classic intensified his desire to make the leap. "It's always been his dream to come to the major leagues since he was in high school," Wolfe said. "He has grown up idolizing players like Yu Darvish and [Masahiro] Tana...