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• Shohei Ohtani Japanese Baseball Card Sells for $430KA 2013 Baseball Magazine Sha Nippon Ham Fighters Shohei Ohtani card sold for $430,050 in a Goldin auction during the weekend. The card, a 10th Season with Hokkaido Autograph parallel numbered /10, became the most expensive card of the two-way…...2026See more Shohei Ohtani -
• Rodolfo Castro To Sign With NPB’s Nippon-Ham Fighters
The Blue Jays released infielder Rodolfo Castro from his minor league contract, as first reflected on the MLB.com transaction tracker. Ari Alexander of 7 News Boston reports that Castro is pursuing an opportunity with the Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan. Castro had just signed with Toronto a couple months ago. Rather than try to earn his way…...2026Read about Blue Jays
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• Nationals Release Sauryn Lao To Pursue Opportunity In Japan
The Nationals announced today that right-hander Sauryn Lao has been released to pursue an opportunity in Japan. The club’s 40-man roster count drops to 39. Mike Rodriguez reported last month that Lao had agreed to a deal with the Nippon-Ham Fighters of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Per Rodriguez, that deal is for one guaranteed year…...2026Visit the page Mike Rodriguez
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• Kohei Arihara Signs With NPB’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Former Rangers right-hander Kohei Arihara’s bid to return to MLB is over. The veteran will remain in NPB, signing a four-year deal with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, reports Yuri Karasawa of World Baseball Network (Yakyu Cosmopolitan on X). Arihara will earn about $15.4MM, adds Karasawa. After three seasons with the SoftBank Hawks, Arihara became a free…...2025See more Kohei Arihara
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• Franmil Reyes Signs Multi-Year Deal With NPB’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Former big leaguer Franmil Reyes has signed a multi-year contract with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball, according to reports out of Japan (hat tip to Yakyu Cosmopolitan). Reyes has the spent the last two seasons with the Fighters, both on one-year contracts. The club initially offered him a multi-year deal last winter…...2025See also Franmil Reyes
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 25, 2025Will he stay or will he go? | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Trade deadline on everyone’s mind Trade talk dominating Royals news. Anne Rogers talks about it on MLB: Despite interest in hitters like Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia from front offices looking to upgrade their own offenses, it doesn’t seem likely the Royals will deal from their core players — because they still bel...2025Click for news about Anne Rogers
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• Royals sign free agent pitcher John GantPhoto by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Can the former Cardinals pitcher provide some much-needed depth? After the Royals came away with a much-needed day game win in Kansas City against the Cardinals to end the I-70 series, they made a surprising move to add some pitching depth. Kansas City purchased the contract of former Twins starting pitcher John Gant from the independent Atlantic League w...2025See more articles John Gant -
• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025Currently, does Jonathan India have the best mane on the team? | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Time to get back to winning At The Star, Jaylon Thompson collected quotes from around the league concerning how teams feel about the Royals: “I think they understood the work that it took,” Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington said. “They are not going to let up on that side, with the ...2025Continue with Jonathan India -
• Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 202410 years ago today! | Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Can we just all pretend last night’s game was a bad dream? At The Star, Jaylon Thompson talked to the team about winning the division title: Now, after Wednesday’s series-ending loss, they’re one game behind and the divisional race has become an all-out sprint. “That’s our goal,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of winning the AL Cen...2024Check it out Jaylon Thompson -
• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2024Dang it - Ryan already used the picture I wanted to use | Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Sure, the Royals have a 7 game winning streak. But, more importantly, they’d have a 29 week unbeaten streak on Thursdays if they hadn’t lost Opening Day Yesterday was a day game (and what a game). That jumbles all the news up. Basically, we get a bunch of recaps, but I’m sur...2024See more articles Scott Winters Icon -
• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 13Austin Shenton (No. 54) poses for a photo during media day at the Charlotte Sports Complex. | Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Shenton makes the leap. Previous Winner Austin Shenton, 1BAA | .307/.415/.567 (.982 OPS, 157 wRC+) 306 PA, 15 HR, 0 SBAAA | .301/.432/.603 (1.035 OPS, 158 wRC+) 271 PA, 14 HR, 0 SB Acquired for Diego Castillo mid-2021 amidst a breakout 144 wRC+ performance...2024Check it out DRaysBay Community Prospect -
• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 12Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Rays 55th overall draft pick from 2023 slots in at No. 11 Previous Winner Colton Ledbetter, OFRk-A | .274/.377/.438 (.815 OPS, 117 wRC+ in A) 86 PA, 2 HR, 3 SB Considered a top prospect in the 2023 draft, Ledbetter fell to round two unexpectedly and the Rays scooped him up at 55th overall. A five-tool prospect with the instincts and range f...2024See more DRaysBay Community Prospect -
• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 11Pro tip: The Charleston RiverDogs are offering 20% off all hats today for Valentine’s Day. Why? IDK! Santiago Suarez is the latest to make the leap up the list. Previous Winner Santiago Suarez, RHPRK-A | 1.52 ERA, 59.1 IP (15 G, 8 GS) 22.4 K%, 4.7 BB% A rare 18-year old with major league projection, Suarez was the key return from the Marlins in the Xavier Edwards trade while he was a 17-y...2024See more articles DRaysBay Community Prospect -
• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 10Dom Keegan | @MLBPipeline Hark! A catching prospect! Previous Winner Dominic Keegan, CA | .315/.402/.475 (.877 OPS, 146 wRC+) 241 PA, 5 HR, 2 SBA+ | .254/.367/.457 (.824 OPS, 126 wRC+) 207 PA, 8 HR, 0 SBAFL | .315/.403/.475 (1.031 OPS) 65 PA, 3 HR, 0 SB A four-year first baseman at Vanderbilt, Keegan is relatively new to catching, but he’s proved to be adept at receiving and has a hit to...2024See more articles DRaysBay Community Prospect -
• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 9Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Part of the return for Tyler Glasnow and Manuel Margot slots in at No. 8. Previous Winner Jonny DeLuca, OFAA | .279/.380/.590 (.970 OPS, 150 wRC+) 142 PA, 10 HR, 9 SBAAA | .306/.397/.548 (.945 OPS, 125 wRC+) 184 PA, 7 HR, 3 SBMLB | .262/.311/.429 (.740 OPS, 102 wRC+) 45 PA, 2 HR, 1 SB Acquired from the Dodgers as the heir apparent to Manuel Margot’s ro...2024Click for news about DRaysBay Community Prospect -
• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 8Yoniel Curet Yoniel Curet wins a heated vote. Previous Winner Yoniel Curet, RHPA | 2.46 ERA, 80.1 IP (20 G, 17 GS) 34.4 K%, 16.7 BB%A+ | 4.56 ERA, 23.2 IP (6 G, 5 GS) 30.3 K%, 17.4 BB% Added to the 40-man roster this off-season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft, the 2019 international signee Curet (pronounced coo-rhett, with a rolled-R) is a hard throwing righty with enough stuff to giv...2024Continue with DRaysBay Community Prospect
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025Did you think you’d see Daniel Mengden today? | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Asia baseball previews begin today with the CPBL At Royals.com, Anne Rogers writes about how Hunter Renfroe is, say it with me everyone, in the best shape of his life! Renfroe came into camp this year leaner, thanks to offseason training that included going to a physical therapist and focusing on his diet a...2025See also Daniel Mengden -
• Royals Rumblings - News for December 15, 2023Do not do this! | Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images Our final Asian Baseball Wrap: NPB Busy week, huh? First, Will Smith comes back. Then the Royals splash some cash at Seth Lugo. To make room, they traded Taylor Clarke to the Brewers and get some minor leaguers back in return. They also signed Chris Stratton (and have not yet made a corresponding move). I don’t think we’ve...2023See also Will Smith
Timeline
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"Nationals Release Sauryn Lao To Pursue Opportunity In Japan" - 2025
"He signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan for the 2022 season, but was injured most of the next two seasons." - 2024
"Drew VerHagen To Sign With NPB’s Nippon-Ham Fighters" - 2023
"It’s Opening Day in Japan, here’s how Nippon Ham Fighters Big Boss Tsuyoshi Shinjo entered his first game." - 2022
"In his first start since throwing the first perfect game in Nippon Professional Baseball since 1994, Roki Sasaki almost did it again for the Chiba Lotte Marines, as he was pulled after eight perfect innings in a loss to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters." - 2021
"Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Sign Renato Nunez" - 2020
"Nippon-Ham Fighters Re-Sign Drew VerHagen" - 2019
"He has joined the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, per a club announcement passed along by Jason Coskrey (via Twitter)." - 2018
"8MM deal with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan, according to Jon Heyman of FanRag (Twitter link)." - 2017
"Shohei 7: Latest buzz on two-way star Ohtani" - 2016
"Nippon-Ham Fighters Planning To Post Shohei Otani After 2017 Season" - 2015
"Japanese baseball team the Nippon Ham Fighters have been ordered to pay a woman $350,000 in damages after she was hit in the face by a foul ball at Sapporo Dome." - 2014
"Ohtani biding his time while wowing fans, foes alike"
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Nippon Ham Fighters trade rumors, contract, salary rumors
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• Rodolfo Castro To Sign With NPB’s Nippon-Ham Fighters
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• Franmil Reyes Signs Multi-Year Deal With NPB’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 25, 2025
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• Royals sign free agent pitcher John Gant
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• Forgotten Royals: Pat PutnamWait, he played here? In this edition of, Wait, that guy played for the Royals? We look at the career of Pat Putnam. Putnam was a native of that baseball hotbed Bethel, Vermont, a picturesque village of 1,900 people. Amazingly, Putnam was the third major leaguer to come out of Bethel, following Harry Burrell (who was an extended member of Putnam’s mother’s family) and Heinie Stafford. If a small ...2025Check it out Fort Myers -
• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• NPB’s Nippon-Ham Fighters Re-Sign Drew VerHagen
The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan announced yesterday that they’re bringing back righty Drew VerHagen on a one-year deal. The Vayner Sports client first joined the Fighters on a one-year contract with a 2025 player option last winter. While it seems he explored free agent possibilities in lieu of the player option, he elected to return…...2024See more articles Drew VerHagen
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 29, 2024NPB Wrap Today! | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Final Asia Baseball Wrap: the NPB Ed note: As I mentioned in the comments last week, this was supposed to run last Friday but life intervened so it’s going today Michael Massey got married this week: We're so happy for you, Michael and Jane! Congratulations! (Via IG: jane_dejarld) pic.twitter.com/Q2qecxdIbQ— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) Novembe...2024Read about Sam Navarro Imagn -
• Franmil Reyes Re-Signs With NPB’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
After a strong first season in Nippon Professional Baseball, Franmil Reyes is planning an encore, as the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters announced that the slugger has signed a new contract with the team for the 2025 season. Japanese media reports from last weekend suggested that Reyes was likely to stay with the Fighters and the club…...2024See also Nippon Professional Baseball
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 25, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2024
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 13
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 12
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 11
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 10
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 9
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 8
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 25, 2025
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• Forgotten Royals: Pat Putnam
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 29, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2024
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 13
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 12
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 11
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• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 10
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Top Nippon Ham Fighters news
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• Shohei 7: Latest buzz on two-way star Ohtani
As the Hot Stove heats up, all eyes are on Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani. His Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, posted him on Friday, and Ohtani has until Dec. 22 to sign with a Major League team....2017See more articles Hot Stove
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• Nippon Ham Fighters Announce They Will Allow Shohei Otani To Move To Majors
The Nippon Ham Fighters, Shohei Otani’s team in Japan, announced that they will allow the star pitcher/slugger to come to the majors via the posting system, as the Japan Times was among the outlets to report. That does not quite make things official, as Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball continue to try to…...2017Check it out Shohei Otani
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• Reports From Japan Suggest Shohei Otani Will Request To Be Posted
Japanese star pitcher/outfielder Shohei Otani has long been on the radar as one of the most talented players on the planet who isn’t already with a MLB organization. He stoked expectations before the season that he might ask his current team — the Nippon Ham Fighters — to make him available to major league clubs through…...2017Read about Shohei Otani
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• Japanese phenom extends perfect innings streak2022Check it out Nippon Professional Baseball -
• Quick Hits: Ohtani, McCann, Braves, Phillies
A few notes from around the game: Soon-to-be free agent ace/outfielder Shohei Ohtani spoke with the Associated Press and other media on Saturday about his desire to leave Japan for the major leagues this winter. “The other day I met with team officials and stated my intentions,” Ohtani said, referring to the Nippon Ham Fighters.…...2017Read about Shohei Ohtani
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• This Japanese baseball team’s Deep-V uniforms are the future of sports attire
This is the sexy future we’ve been waiting for. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is taking a more bold approach to sports uniforms than the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Japan’s NPB league. This weekend the team debuted their new look, designed by legendary eccentric manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo, and you are not ready. The Nippon-Ham Fighters debuted the uniforms that manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo created. pic...2023
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• Shohei Ohtani Rumors: Saturday
The latest on game-changing Japanese ace/slugger Shohei Ohtani, whom the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters posted on Friday and who’s at the beginning of a three-week window to work out an agreement with a major league team: The Ohtani sweepstakes is seemingly on the verge of picking up in earnest, as Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports…...2017Visit the page Shohei Ohtani
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• Shohei Ohtani Rumors: Friday
Japan’s Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are expected to formally post ace/slugger Shohei Ohtani today once a new posting system between Major League Baseball, the MLB Players Association and Nippon Professional Baseball has been formally ratified by Major League owners. The proposed system reportedly calls for a 21-day negotiation period for Ohtani this offseason, so within…...2017See more Shohei Ohtani
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 25, 2025
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• Royals sign free agent pitcher John Gant
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• Forgotten Royals: Pat Putnam
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 14, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 29, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 30, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 12, 2024
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• Naoyuki Uwasawa wants to stick with the RaysNathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports But his contract has a March 23 opt-out, so we’ll see if he remains with the organization Perhaps the most interesting non-roster invitees in Port Charlotte this spring is right-handed pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa out of Japan, and he really wants to pitch for the Rays. Unfortunately, the 30-year old is unlikely to have a spot given how many are ahead of him ...2024Visit the page Naoyuki Uwasawa -
• 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 13
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• Forgotten Royals: Pat Putnam
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025
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• What’s next for the Rays?Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports Three things to expect this month now that the Winter Meetings are over. This year’s Winter Meetings didn’t feature a ton of splashes, as was expected as the market waited for the big three dominos to fall: Juan Soto (Yankees), Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers), and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (TBD — and expected to sign the second largest pitching contract in MLB history). B...2023See more articles Juan Soto -
• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1984Rick Sutcliffe | Getty Images This was a watershed year for Dallas Green in making deals. The Cubs had regressed, a bit, from their 1982 record of 73-89 to 71-91 in 1983. They hired Jim Frey as manager, a World Series-winning guy, and hopes were a bit higher in 1984. The first trade Green made that calendar year turned out to be a difference-maker. March 26: Acquired Gary Matthews, Bob Der...2023See more Rick Sutcliffe -
• A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent classPhoto by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Who wants some arms? The Royals will seek to improve on this year’s last place disaster, and the area they will most look to address is the pitching. The Royals got a 5.12 ERA from their starting pitchers, fourth-worst in baseball with the third-worst strikeout rate. General Manager J.J. Picollo has stated that he expects next year’s rotation to feature Cole...2023Read about Cole Ragans -
• This Japanese baseball team’s Deep-V uniforms are the future of sports attire
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 7, 2023
I don’t love the powder blue as much as a lot of people but upon another look, the powder blue with dark blue bill is quite nice. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These Spring Training games are fun and all, but when does the Regular Season start? Day games usually result in limited news, but this day was busier than most. It’s been announced that LoCain will officially retire a Royal ...2023Continue with Spring Training
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• Shohei 7: Latest buzz on two-way star Ohtani
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