While it might be the time of year when temperatures are a little cooler and the regular season for almost every major baseball league is weeks in the rearview mirror, that doesn't mean there aren't a host of players still darting around a diamond somewhere.
Baseball has long been a year-round endeavour for players in other countries, who participate in various winter leagues, and Japanese pro players have increasingly been getting in on the action for the past several years.
This year, the Yokohama BayStars' 23-year-old outfielder Tomo Otosaka took his talents to Mexico, playing 27 games for Yaquis de Obregon in the Mexican Pacific League.