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Former New York Yankee Masahiro Tanaka will open the season as the second starting pitcher in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rotation, manager Kazuhisa Ishii said Saturday. Tanaka, who returned to ...
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Baseball / Japanese Baseball
Slugging great Boomer Wells went from exile to NPB icon in Japan
by Jim Allen
Over 10 seasons, Wells hit 277 home runs and drove in 901 runs in Nippon Professional Baseball.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball
Masahiro Tanaka surrendered three runs over two innings on Saturday in his first action since returning to the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles from the major leagues this year. Tanaka, who in January ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Feb 17, 2021
The Red Sox, who are overhauling their roster after finishing last in the AL East in the shortened 2020 season, view Sawamura as a potential key piece of their bullpen.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Feb 6, 2021
Former Mariners reliever Yoshihisa Hirano returning to Japan with Orix
After three MLB seasons, free agent reliever Yoshihisa Hirano returned to his first pro team, Nippon Professional Baseball's Orix Buffaloes, the Pacific League club said Saturday. The 36-year-old signed a one-year deal with the Seattle Mariners in January 2020. He went 0-1 with four saves ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Feb 2, 2021
NPB spring training begins quietly in Japan amid coronavirus surge
Fans have been shut out of parks while all players, managers, coaches and staff had to undergo PCR testing before reporting to their respective camps.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Feb 1, 2021
Masahiro Tanaka's return to Rakuten benefits both sides
by Jason Coskrey
With the return of its former ace, the Tohoku team gets a player who can help win games on the field and comes with a massive amount of star power.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 30, 2021
Masahiro Tanaka says timing was right for return to Japan with Eagles
by Jason Coskrey
Tanaka returns to Rakuten after seven seasons with the New York Yankees
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 28, 2021
Former Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka returning to Japan with Eagles
by Jason Coskrey
Tanaka’s move is the biggest of the NPB offseason and comes just days before the start of spring camp on Feb. 1.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 27, 2021
The Yomiuri Giants will set up a coronavirus testing clinic for pro baseball and J. League soccer teams holding preseason camps in Okinawa Prefecture, the Central League club said Wednesday. The center, intended to avoid burdening local medical facilities, will be open in the prefectural ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 21, 2021
NPB lays out plans for 2021 season
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Teams will begin their spring camps as scheduled on Feb. 1 in Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures, though they’ll do so with no fans present.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 16, 2021
Marines suspend Ikuhiro Kiyota indefinitely over violation of COVID-19 rules
The Chiba Lotte Marines on Friday suspended outfielder Ikuhiro Kiyota indefinitely after he breached the Pacific League club's rules regarding the coronavirus to dine with an outsider and then made a false report. Kiyota dined with the person in late September when Lotte was on ...