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• Colorado Rockies game no. 5 thread: Dakota Hudson vs. Shota ImanagaAllan Henry-USA TODAY Sports The Rockies finally get out of the Desert and head to the Windy City! Spring training has wrapped up and so has the Colorado Rockies’ opening series. In the first four games of the season, the Rockies were outscored 32-14 — the worst four-game run differential (-18) to start a season in franchise history — and their 14 runs scored are tied for the third-fewest ...2024See also Colorado Rockies news
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• BCB After Dark: Who will be the King of K?Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who will lead the pitching staff in strikeouts Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in and sit with us. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few tables available. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark is...2024Visit the page Matt Marton rumors
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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...2024See also Matt Chapman
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• Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Gets High Praise From Bruce Bochy, Rangers PlayersIt’s safe to say Yoshinobu Yamamoto impressed in his Cactus League debut on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ 12-year, $325 million offseason signing from the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball saw his first MLB action as the Dodgers took on the Texas Rangers. Yamamoto pitched two innings and only faced the minimum six Rangers’ …...2024See more articles Yoshinobu Yamamoto rumors
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• Mets All-Star ace to open season on injured list due to shoulder strainHe signed a five-year, $75M deal with the Mets last offseason after an 11-year run in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball....2024See more Nippon Professional news
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• Roki Sasaki Re-Signs With NPB’s Lotte Marines, Discusses Future
Right-hander Roki Sasaki re-signed with the Lotte Marines of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball today on a one-year contract, per Stephen Wade of The Associated Press. The deal puts to bed rumors that percolated earlier in the offseason that Sasaski would attempt to make the jump from NPB to MLB this winter. Such an arrangement would…...2024Read about Roki Sasaki latest news
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcherColorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, January 11th, 2024 This afternoon will be the final deadline for Major League Baseball teams to sign talent that has entered the posting system from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball or South Korea’s Korea Baseball Organization. As the deadline draws ever nearer, most of the biggest names have been taken off the board. Many of them were signed by ...2024Check it out Colorado Rockies injuries
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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…...2023See also Nippon Professional injury
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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…...2023Visit the page 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 ...2022Check it out Hot Stove injury report
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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…...2021Continue with Daisuke Matsuzaka
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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...2020Visit the page Nippon Professional injury
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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...2018See more articles Hisashi Iwakuma injuries
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• Koji Uehara signs with NPB's Yomiuri Giants
After a terrific nine-year run in Major League Baseball, veteran reliever Koji Uehara has returned to the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, the team announced (link via the Japan Times). Carlos Yamakazi of the Tokyo Sports Press had previously tweeted that Uehara would sign there and that the deal would be announced today.Now entering his age-43 season, Uehara began his profe...2018See also Koji Uehara injury update
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• Nate Schierholtz Suspended: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Nate Schierholtz Suspended: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Asian and American Ballplayers Face Unusual Challenges When Living Abroad
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"Veteran infielder Rougned Odor has signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball, according to Hochi Sports." - 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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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman goes back to the Bay
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• Roki Sasaki Re-Signs With NPB’s Lotte Marines, Discusses Future
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• Details On Naoyuki Uwasawa’s Rays Contract
The Rays agreed to a minor league deal with right-hander Naoyuki Uwasawa earlier this month, as Uwasawa will test his fortunes in the majors after nine seasons with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. The contract’s terms weren’t reported at the time, but MLB.com’s Adam Berry has the details on what is actually…...2024See more articles Naoyuki Uwasawa contract
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• Yomiuri Giants Sign Rougned Odor
Veteran infielder Rougned Odor has signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball, according to Hochi Sports. Odor had been a free agent since he was released by the Padres back in July. Signed to a minor league deal last winter, Odor made San Diego’s Opening Day roster and appeared in 59 big league…...2024Check it out Rougned Odor salary rumors
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Former Teammate on New Dodgers Pitcher, ‘He’s Prepared His Whole Life For This Moment’The Los Angeles Dodgers have dominated the 2024 offseason. Although Shohei Ohtani was the most coveted prize, L.A. also grabbed the second-best free agent of this class in Japanese sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Yamamoto, who is only 25 years old, has already accomplished so much playing in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league. He will look to …...2024See more articles Yoshinobu Yamamoto
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
2024See more articles Colorado Rockies contract rumors
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• NPB’s Orix Buffaloes Sign Cody Thomas
The Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced the signing of outfielder Cody Thomas this week. The Octagon client became a minor league free agent at the end of the 2023 season. An Oklahoma product, Thomas joined the professional ranks in 2016 as a Dodger draftee. Los Angeles traded him to the A’s shortly before…...2024Visit the page Orix Buffaloes contract
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies need to be prepared for a possible shot at Roki Sasaki next winterPhoto by Gene Wang/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, January 8, 2024 The recent signings of Dakota Hudson and Jacob Stallings to one-year deals has likely provided the Colorado Rockies with their most active day (week? month?) of the off-season. There may be a surprise deal involving one of the club’s tenured infielders – Ryan McMahon and Brendan Rodgers – that coul...2024Check it out Roki Sasaki salary rumors
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• NPB’s Chiba Lotte Marines Sign Jimmy Cordero
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• Free Agent Notes: Imanaga, Fedde, Barnes
Left-hander Shota Imanaga was officially posted by the Yokohama BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball late last month, kicking off a 45-day window during which he’ll be eligible to sign with major league clubs. While Imanaga only just officially joined the ranks of MLB’s free agents days ago, he’s long been expected to be posted…...2023Check it out Shota Imanaga contract
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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...2018Read about Koji Uehara stats
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• Ichiro Suzuki's Contract Option Picked Up by Marlins: Latest Details, Reaction
2016Check it out Ichiro Suzuki scores
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• MLB Team of the Week: Edwin Encarnacion, J.D. Martinez and Colby Lewis Star
2016Click for news about Edwin Encarnacion statistics
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• How Should We View Ichiro Suzuki's 4,257 All-Time Professional Hits?
2016Visit the page Ichiro Suzuki scores
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• 2016 MLB Rookies Already Going Toe-to-Toe with Historic 2015 Class
2016See more articles Kris Bryant
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• Kenta Maeda Looking Like Huge Bargain Ready for Bright Lights of Los Angeles
2016See more Kenta Maeda scores
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• Is Dodgers' Revamped Rotation Good Enough to Compete for 2016 Title?
2016Check it out Los Angeles Dodgers scores
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• How the LA Dodgers Can Still Build a 2016 Powerhouse After January 1
2015Click for news about Los Angeles Dodgers
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• Has Nathan Eovaldi Surpassed Masahiro Tanaka as Yankees' True Ace?
2015Visit the page Masahiro Tanaka stats
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• BCB After Dark: Who will be the King of K?
2024Visit the page Matt Marton
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman goes back to the Bay
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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
2016Visit the page Oakland Athletics
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• Is Dodgers' Revamped Rotation Good Enough to Compete for 2016 Title?
2016Visit the page Los Angeles Dodgers
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• How the LA Dodgers Can Still Build a 2016 Powerhouse After January 1
2015Click for news about Los Angeles Dodgers
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Cubs Window Opening Right Before Our Eyes
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• Imagining a 2015 MLB All-Star Freshman vs. Sophomore Game
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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
2014See more articles Hiroki Kuroda
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• Source: Deal reached; Ohtani can be posted
2017
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• History suggests Maeda will be a good value
2016Continue with Red Sox
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• History suggests Maeda will be a good value
2016See also Red Sox
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• Sources: Bauer finalizing deal to play in Japan2023See more Trevor Bauer
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• Has Nathan Eovaldi Surpassed Masahiro Tanaka as Yankees' True Ace?
2015Read about 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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• Colorado Rockies game no. 5 thread: Dakota Hudson vs. Shota Imanaga
2024Click for news about Colorado Rockies
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• BCB After Dark: Who will be the King of K?
2024Read about Matt Marton
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• Outside The Confines: Matt Chapman goes back to the Bay
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
2024Visit the page Colorado Rockies
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• Sorting Through The Athletics’ Rotation Options
The A’s formally announced newly signed right-hander Shintaro Fujinami at a press conference last week, where general manager David Forst confirmed that Fujinami is indeed viewed as a starting pitcher. That’s the role he’s held in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball for the bulk of his career, so perhaps it’s not a surprise, but Fujinami is…...2023Read about Shintaro Fujinami
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• Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball to start 2020 season on June 19 without fans, play shortened schedule
Nippon Professional Baseball will be the third professional baseball league to start its 2020 season...2020Check it out Nippon Professional
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• Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball Sets June 19 Opening Day
Baseball is set to return in Japan. As Kaz Nagatsuka of the Japan Times reports, Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Atsushi Saito announced Monday that the league plans to kick off its regular season on June 19 — nearly three months after the originally scheduled March 20 date. As has been the case in Taiwan and…...2020Check it out Nippon Professional
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• Baseball leagues in Korea, Japan face ongoing coronavirus challenges
With COVID-19 raging in the United States, it’s hard not to glance longingly across the Pacific. In Korea and Japan, authorities have seemingly gained control over the spread of the virus — so much so that their highly respected baseball leagues are working toward a resumption of play. That’s not to say the effort is without challenges. Ramping up economic activity while holding back the tide of d...2020Continue with Korea Baseball Organization
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• MLB not planning to delay start of season amid Coronavirus concerns
Major League Baseball decided Monday to close clubhouses to media members for an undisclosed period of time because of the coronavirus outbreak. Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball took the more drastic measure to postpone the start of its regular season. The Korea Baseball Organization is now following the NPB’s lead, Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.Net reports. The league, which had already canceled preseas...2020See also Nippon Professional
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• Report: MLB to close clubhouses to reporters, plans to start season on time
As the NBA and NHL implement rules to restrict access to locker rooms in the wake of the coronavirus, MLB reportedly plans to follow suit in an effort to ensure player safety. According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, MLB will close clubhouses to all media over fears of risking a potential spread of the coronavirus. It also determined in a conference call with owners on Monday that it will tentatively move...2020Visit the page Jeff Passan
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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 articles Freddy Galvis rumors
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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...2019Check it out Ichiro Suzuki rumors
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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 also Hot Stove rumors
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• How Should We View Ichiro Suzuki's 4,257 All-Time Professional Hits?
2016See more articles Ichiro Suzuki scandals
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Cubs Window Opening Right Before Our Eyes
2015Continue with Scott Miller rumors
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• MLB International Signing Rules Must Be Altered with Improved US-Cuba Relations
2014See more articles Bud Selig rumors
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• How This MLB Offseason Will Impact the 2015-2016 Free-Agent Class
2014Continue with James Shields whispers
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• Japanese Star Kenta Maeda's Scouting Report, Top Potential Suitors
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