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Carp's Seiya Suzuki to be made available to MLB teams

MLB Nov 7, 2021

Carp's Seiya Suzuki to be made available to MLB teams

The five-time NPB All Star, a member of Japan's gold-medal-winning Olympic team, is expected to be one of the most coveted outfielders of the offseason.

Frustrated Tomoyuki Sugano aims high for 2021 after failed bid to land MLB deal

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 11, 2021

Frustrated Tomoyuki Sugano aims high for 2021 after failed bid to land MLB deal

Speaking to reporters online, the 31-year-old Sugano expressed some frustration with the conditions under which he was forced to negotiate.

Bad timing spoils Tomoyuki Sugano's MLB aspirations

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Jan 9, 2021

Bad timing spoils Tomoyuki Sugano's MLB aspirations

by Jason Coskrey

Given a market where he apparently didn't get a deal he liked and an offseason changed by the coronavirus, it's not hard to see why Sugano chose another year with the Kyojin.

Tomoyuki Sugano fails to find MLB team, will return to Giants

Japanese Baseball Jan 8, 2021

Tomoyuki Sugano fails to find MLB team, will return to Giants

The two-time Sawamura Award winner has been offered a four-year contract by Yomiuri that he will have the right to unilaterally terminate.

Hawks ace Kodai Senga can't persuade club to post him, gets raise instead

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Dec 26, 2020

Hawks ace Kodai Senga can't persuade club to post him, gets raise instead

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ace Kodai Senga said Saturday his desire to move to the majors is unchanged, but he's no closer to going overseas via the posting system following a reported ¥100 million ($967,000) raise from the Pacific League club. The 27-year-old led the PL ...

Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano made available to MLB teams

Japanese Baseball Dec 8, 2020

Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano made available to MLB teams

The two-time Sawamura Award winner is the fourth Japanese player to be posted this offseason and perhaps the biggest prize, with the Yankees and Red Sox reportedly interested.

Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano asks club to post him to majors

Japanese Baseball Dec 4, 2020

Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano asks club to post him to majors

Once posted, the two-time Sawamura Award winner will have thirty days to find an MLB club willing to offer a contract or he will return to Yomiuri for the 2021 season.

Fighters make Haruki Nishikawa available to MLB clubs through posting system

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Dec 3, 2020

Fighters make Haruki Nishikawa available to MLB clubs through posting system

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters said Thursday that center fielder Haruki Nishikawa has been made available for major league clubs through the posting system. Once MLB has informed its 30 teams of Nishikawa's availability, they will have 30 days to reach an agreement with him. ...

Ryosuke Kikuchi joins list of players to hit wall in posting system

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Dec 29, 2019

Ryosuke Kikuchi joins list of players to hit wall in posting system

by Jason Coskrey

Musing about whether or not certain players will get posted is fairly commonplace in discussions about the top NPB players these days. So much so it's easy to forget being posted is only the first hurdle players under contract have to clear on the way ...

NPB stars no longer shy about expressing MLB aspirations

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Dec 9, 2019

NPB stars no longer shy about expressing MLB aspirations

by Jason Coskrey

Kohei Arihara wants to pitch in the major leagues in the near future. Haruki Nishikawa wants to make the move as well. Hayato Sakamoto doesn't want to, but he had to address it all the same. Welcome to Japanese baseball's new normal — where the ...

Fighters outfielder Haruki Nishikawa reveals wish to play in MLB in 2021

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 27, 2019

Fighters outfielder Haruki Nishikawa reveals wish to play in MLB in 2021

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Haruki Nishikawa would like to move to the majors as early as the 2021 season, the 27-year-old said Wednesday. Appearing at the Fighters' team office in Sapporo to sign his contract for next season, Nishikawa is entering the second year ...

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo keeping open mind, has no preferred MLB destination

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 20, 2019

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo keeping open mind, has no preferred MLB destination

Yokohama BayStars outfielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugo said Wednesday he has no preferred destination when it comes to signing with a major league team next month. Speaking to reporters for the first time since the Central League club completed his posting application, the left-handed slugger said he ...

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