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• Jose Barrero Elects Free Agency
Infielder/outfielder Jose Barrero, who was recently designated for assignment by the Cardinals, went unclaimed on waivers and has rejected an outright assignment in favor of free agency, MLBTR has learned. Barrero will explore opportunities around the league but also has interest from at least one team in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball and is weighing whether…...2025See also Jose Barrero breaking news
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• Tyler Nevin Signs Two-Year Extension With NPB’s Seibu Lions
The Seibu Lions of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced that they have signed infielder Tyler Nevin to a two-year extension beginning in 2026. Salary figures were not included. “I’d like to express my sincere gratitude to my teammates, staff, and fans who have trusted me and supported me since the day I arrived in Japan,”…...2025See more Tyler Nevin latest news
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• NPB’s Rakuten Eagles Sign Luke Voit
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball have signed Luke Voit to a contract for the remainder of the 2025 season. News of the signing first emerged a couple of weeks ago, and Voit just this weekend arrived in Japan once terms were finalized. Voit is best known for his torrid stretch of…...2025Continue with Luke Voit
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• Padres Pitcher Wants to Learn How to Throw Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Signature PitchLos Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto is having a brilliant sophomore campaign. With an ERA of 2.20 across 73.2 innings of work, the right-hander is putting the league on notice and getting closer to the level of dominance not seen since he last pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball. More news: Dodgers’ Mookie Betts Helping Max …...2025See more articles Yoshinobu Yamamoto rumors
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• Padres minor league update week #8Matt Waldron and Bryan Hoeing continue rehab The Padres have two pitchers working on coming back from injuries suffered during spring training. Both starter Matt Waldron and reliever Bryan Hoeing are working toward completing their rehabilitation from those injuries. Waldron started his second game, this time with San Antonio, and completed 2 IP with 1 ER, 2 K and 2 BB. Hoeing also pitched for Dou...2025See also Matt Waldron news
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• Dodgers’ Mark Prior Believes Roki Sasaki’s Injury Contributed to StrugglesThe Los Angeles Dodgers have 14 pitchers on the injured list after an offseason that was spent addressing last year’s issue of pitching depth. Roki Sasaki was seen as a unicorn coming over from Nippon Professional Baseball with a virtually unhittable splitter, a 2.10 ERA over four seasons, and being just 23 years old. After …...2025See more Roki Sasaki breaking news
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• Padres minor league update week #8
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• Padres release Oscar GonzalezOscar Gonzalez | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Will sign with Nippon Baseball The San Diego Padres have given outfielder Oscar Gonzalez his unconditional release to allow him to pursue a job in Japan with the Nippon Professional Baseball organization, per Dennis Lin of The Athletic. After trading Connor Joe last week, the Padres are parting with another left-field option. They placed Oscar ...2025See also Oscar Gonzalez injury update
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• 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 ...2025See more articles Jonathan India injury report
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• Brewers sign Elvin Rodríguez to major league deal, DFA J.B. BukauskasJonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Brewers continue to fill out their roster with minor and major league deals ahead of spring training, adding Jorge Alfaro yesterday The Milwaukee Brewers have signed right-handed relief pitcher Elvin Rodríguez to a major league deal. The contract is a one-year deal with a club option for the 2026 season. The Brewers designated J.B. Bukauskas for assignment to mak...2025Click for news about Elvin Rodríguez injury status
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• NPB’s Chiba Lotte Marines Sign Jimmy Cordero
Relief pitcher Jimmy Cordero signed a contract with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. The team announced the move yesterday. Cordero reached free agency last month after being non-tendered by the Yankees. On July 5, MLB had leveled a season-ending suspension after determining that Cordero had violated the domestic violence, sexual assault and…...2023Click for news about Chiba Lotte injury status
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• Trevor Bauer To Sign With NPB’s Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Free-agent right-hander Trevor Bauer has agreed to a one-year, $4MM deal with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, as first reported by Japan’s Sankei Sports (Twitter link). Bauer had previously been suspended for 324 games under MLB’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy. Back in December, commissioner Rob Manfred…...2023Continue with Trevor Bauer injury update
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• Hot Stove is cold as ice for White Sox, sizzling for others
Rumors of White Sox interest proved about $10 million too light, as the cocky Cubs inked Cody Bellinger for nearly his estimated arb figure. | Ronald Martinez/Getty Images We wait for scraps as Phillies, Guardians and Cubs feast The biggest news out of Tuesday’s Winter Meetings was the MLB draft lottery. My fantastic teammate at South Side Sox, Allie Wesel, has the full draft coverage for ...2022Click for news about Hot Stove
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• Daisuke Matsuzaka To Retire After 2021 NPB Season
Veteran right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka will retire following the 2021 season, as per an announcement from the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (hat tip to The Kyodo News). The 40-year-old last pitched during the 2019 NPB season and hasn’t since been able to get back onto the mound after undergoing cervical spine surgery last…...2021Visit the page Daisuke Matsuzaka injuries
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• Nippon Professional Baseball postpones start of season due to coronavirus
Nippon Professional Baseball is postponing the beginning of its 2020 season due to the spread of the coronavirus, per Jeff Passan and Jim Allen. NPB commissioner Atsushi Saito announced the decision following an emergency meeting with representatives for the 12 teams. “How must we (pro baseball) act? We must protect the players, staff, families, but no one more so than the fans” Saito said, via Ji...2020Read about Nippon Professional injury status
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• Hisashi Iwakuma to return to Japan
Veteran right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma tells Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times that he will conclude his tenure with the Mariners and return to his native Japan. That does not mean, however, that he’s calling his playing career quits.Iwakuma had been trying to return from shoulder surgery, but only made it to a pair of rehab appearances. While he was not able to get all the way back to the big league...2018Continue with Hisashi Iwakuma injury
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• BCB After Dark: Would Robert Suarez be a good fit?Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Robert Suarez is worth the price. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come in out of the cold. There’s no cover charge this evening. Let us check your coat. We still have a few tables available. Bring your own beverag...2025Visit the page Robert Suarez
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• Asian and American Ballplayers Face Unusual Challenges When Living Abroad
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"Prior to the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball officially posting right-hander Roki Sasaki for major league clubs last month, Major League Baseball conducted an investigation before authorizing Sasaki’s posting." - 2024
"Speculation about the likelihood of star Nippon Professional Baseball right-hander being likely to sign with the Dodgers — or even having a predetermined “handshake” deal to sign in L." - 2023
"Trevor Bauer is finalizing a one-year contract with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan." - 2022
"Ohtani had never hit a grand slam in either MLB or Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball" - 2021
"Pittsburgh was the third organization of the season for the 29-year-old Tsutsugo — a star with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball who’d struggled since signing a two-year contract with the the Rays." - 2020
"Nippon Professional Baseball remains on hold because of the pandemic" - 2019
"According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, via Twitter, Jones is in talks with Nippon Professional Baseball’s Orix Buffaloes on a contract." - 2018
"Both the Kyodo News and Japan Times report that the 36-year-old Aoki has agreed to a three-year contract with the Yakult Swallows of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball." - 2017
"MLB, Nippon Professional Baseball and the MLB Players Association have agreed in principle on new terms of the posting system that would allow Japanese players to move to the Major Leagues." - 2016
"Nine offseasons ago, the Red Sox and Yankees combined to invest nearly $150 million in Daisuke Matsuzaka and Kei Igawa -- a pair of pitchers from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball." - 2015
"Tanaka still has the pedigree, both from his dominant (if injury-marred) rookie campaign in 2014 and his years of excellence with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball." - 2014
"Hiroki Kuroda is returning to Japan to pitch for Nippon Professional Baseball, according to multiple reports."
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• NPB’s Rakuten Eagles Sign Luke Voit
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• Padres minor league update week #8
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• Padres release Oscar Gonzalez
2025Visit the page Oscar Gonzalez salary
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025
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• Further thoughts on the MLB Tokyo Series, the Cubs, the Dodgers and Shohei OhtaniAl Yellon The Cubs participated in the games, but they still have a long way to go in Japan. TOKYO — The window display you see above is in a random store in the Shibuya District in Tokyo. The Shibuya Crossing is one of the most famous spots in Tokyo; I wrote a bit about it the other day. But it’s not just in random stores in Shibuya where you see images of Shohei Ohtani. It’s literally e...2025Continue with Shohei Ohtani salary rumors
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• Yuki Matsui proving to be a dependable bullpen pieceYuki Matsui | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Lefty enters year two with San Diego Yuki Matsui signed with the Padres in 2024 and proved to be an effective and dependable arm out of the bullpen in his first season. He appeared in 64 games and finished with a 3.73 ERA. This was not a surprise to the leadership in San Diego because Matsui had just completed his 10th season in the Ni...2025Check it out Yuki Matsui salary rumors
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 28, 2025Need another pitcher? I Noah guy. | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Spring Training is in full swing! This is going to feel a little backwards as our OT is up at the top today, sort of. It’s been brought to my attention that a number of AI bots are harvesting our articles and either cutting-and-pasting them, slightly rewriting them and publishing them as their own, or, my favorite, turni...2025Continue with Spring Training trade rumors
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• MLB needs to copy the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-OffKirby Lee-Imagn Images The All-Star Game is dead. Long live the All-Star Game. As I begin writing this, the United States of America and Canada are tied 2-2 going into the third period of the finals of the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off, the NHL’s new international tournament that replaced its regular All-Star Game. The USA and Canada make up half the squads with Finland and Sweden being the...2025See also World Series contract rumors
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• Brewers sign Elvin Rodríguez to major league deal, DFA J.B. Bukauskas
2025See also Elvin Rodríguez contract
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• BCB After Dark: Would Robert Suarez be a good fit?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025
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• Further thoughts on the MLB Tokyo Series, the Cubs, the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani
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• Thursday Rockpile: Are the Rockies bringing emotion back to Coors?Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, February 27, 2025 “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” This sport, amongst the oldest and most storied of our country’s traditions, has graced us as fans with moments of absolute elation and unparalleled joy. José Bautista’s home run against the Rangers, David Freese’s triple in 201...2025Check it out Colorado Rockies
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• Latest On Asian Baseball Leagues’ Attempts To Resume Play
If Asia’s top professional baseball leagues represent a preview of what MLB can expect when it tries to get back to play, then the results are mixed — and remain largely indeterminate. Let’s catch up on the latest … Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball is back on ice, as Jason Coskrey of the Japan Times writes.…...2020
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• Pitching notes: How will the Rangers utilize Tim Lincecum?
Reliever Koji Uehara says that he is open to considering offers from teams in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, as the Japan Times recently reported. That’s something of a reversal from the 42-year-old reliever, who had indicated he did not intend to play again in his homeland. After preparing for the MLB season, but finding interest scant, Uehara now says he has changed his mind and wo...2018Visit the page Koji Uehara scores
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• Ichiro Suzuki's Contract Option Picked Up by Marlins: Latest Details, Reaction
2016See also Ichiro Suzuki scores
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• MLB Team of the Week: Edwin Encarnacion, J.D. Martinez and Colby Lewis Star
2016See more Edwin Encarnacion scores
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• How Should We View Ichiro Suzuki's 4,257 All-Time Professional Hits?
2016See more articles Ichiro Suzuki statistics
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• 2016 MLB Rookies Already Going Toe-to-Toe with Historic 2015 Class
2016Read about Kris Bryant scores
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• Kenta Maeda Looking Like Huge Bargain Ready for Bright Lights of Los Angeles
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• Thursday Rockpile: Are the Rockies bringing emotion back to Coors?
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• BCB After Dark: Would Robert Suarez be a good fit?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Do the Rockies have a shot at signing Roki Sasaki?Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Anyone who watched the 2023 World Baseball Classic surely found themselves wowed by Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. A 100+ mph fastball coupled with a killer splitter (as in one of the best in the world) can do that. At the time, Sasaki — a pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines — was only 21, so...2024See also Roki Sasaki
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman goes back to the BayPhoto by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Matt Chapman returns to the Bay Area, but on the other side. The owners want a signing deadline. And more news from Spring Training. Good morning. If you want to feel old, Darren Baker is 1 for 5 for the Nationals in five games in Spring Training. And if you don’t remember who that is, then you probably aren’t old. The Giants signed...2024Check it out Matt Chapman
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• NPB/KBO Notes: Smoak, Sparkman, Freitas
Veteran first baseman Justin Smoak, who’d signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball over the winter, has returned to the United States to be with his family, the Japan Times recently reported. The 34-year-old switch-hitter was productive in his limited run for the second-place Giants, slashing .272/.336/.482 with seven homers and three…...2021See also Justin Smoak
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• How Should We View Ichiro Suzuki's 4,257 All-Time Professional Hits?
2016Read about Ichiro Suzuki
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• 2016 MLB Rookies Already Going Toe-to-Toe with Historic 2015 Class
2016Read about Kris Bryant
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• Asian and American Ballplayers Face Unusual Challenges When Living Abroad
2016Click for news about Oakland Athletics
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• Is Dodgers' Revamped Rotation Good Enough to Compete for 2016 Title?
2016Click for news about Los Angeles Dodgers
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• How the LA Dodgers Can Still Build a 2016 Powerhouse After January 1
2015Visit the page Los Angeles Dodgers
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• Angels' Shohei Ohtani hits first career grand slam in two-homer game vs. Rays
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• Kuroda reportedly returning to Japan to pitch
2014Continue with Hiroki Kuroda
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• Source: Deal reached; Ohtani can be posted
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• History suggests Maeda will be a good value
2016See more Red Sox
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• History suggests Maeda will be a good value
2016Click for news about Red Sox
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• Sources: Bauer finalizing deal to play in Japan2023Continue with Trevor Bauer
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• Has Nathan Eovaldi Surpassed Masahiro Tanaka as Yankees' True Ace?
2015See more articles Masahiro Tanaka
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• Trevor Bauer To Sign With NPB’s Yokohama DeNA BayStars
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• 2015 Yankees Could Be Perfect Fit for 6-Man Rotation Experiment
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• How This MLB Offseason Will Impact the 2015-2016 Free-Agent Class
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• Padres minor league update week #8
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025
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• Further thoughts on the MLB Tokyo Series, the Cubs, the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani
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• Yuki Matsui proving to be a dependable bullpen piece
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 28, 2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Are the Rockies bringing emotion back to Coors?
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• MLB needs to copy the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off
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• Brewers sign Elvin Rodríguez to major league deal, DFA J.B. Bukauskas
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• Brewers Grant Release To Jon Duplantier To Pursue NPB Opportunity
The Brewers have granted right-hander Jon Duplantier his release so that he can pursue an opportunity with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, reports Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. Duplantier, 30, inked a minor league deal with Milwaukee back in November and had been slated to compete for a job in spring training. It…...2024Click for news about Hanshin Tigers
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 4, 2025
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• Further thoughts on the MLB Tokyo Series, the Cubs, the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 28, 2025
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• NPB’s Chiba Lotte Marines Sign Jimmy Cordero
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• Trevor Bauer To Sign With NPB’s Yokohama DeNA BayStars
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• Freddy Galvis Close To Deal With NPB’s Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Infielder Freddy Galvis appears to be close to a move overseas, as reports from Yahoo Japan indicate that Galvis is nearing a contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball. Should the move be finalized, it would count as a bit of a surprise. While there hadn’t been much buzz about Galvis’ free…...2021See more Freddy Galvis scandal
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• Ichiro Suzuki to retire
Ichiro Suzuki will announce his retirement following the completion of Thursday morning’s game between the Mariners and Athletics in Tokyo, Jim Allen of the Kyodo News reports (Twitter link). Ichiro has already informed the Mariners about his decision. The 45-year-old outfielder is in Thursday’s lineup, starting in right field in the 2,653rd game of his MLB career. The official announcement ends m...2019Click for news about Ichiro Suzuki whispers
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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....2017Check it out Hot Stove rumors
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• How Should We View Ichiro Suzuki's 4,257 All-Time Professional Hits?
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Cubs Window Opening Right Before Our Eyes
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