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.
Japanese Baseball Jan 15, 2021
One week after rejecting a big-league contract, ace right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano re-signed with the Yomiuri Giants on a one-year deal reported as the highest in Japanese baseball history. Tomoyuki Sugano speaks to reporters after signing a reported ¥800 million, one-year contract with the Giants on ...
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.
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.
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.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 7, 2021
The Yomiuri Giants have agreed to a contract with longtime major league first baseman and designated hitter Justin Smoak, the Central League champions said Thursday. Yomiuri will sign the 34-year-old switch hitter as a free agent from the San Francisco Giants on a two-year deal ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Dec 31, 2020
The 34-year-old will arrive in Japan with 96 career home runs — 75 after he joined the Milwaukee Brewers in 2017.
Japanese Baseball Dec 22, 2020
Warren Cromartie won't continue role as Yomiuri adviser in 2021
by Jason Coskrey
The three-time Best Nine selectee returned to the Giants in 2019 at manager and former teammate Tatsunori Hara's request.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Dec 17, 2020
Tomoyuki Sugano and Yuki Yanagita win MVP honors in NPB
by Jason Coskrey
The Giants ace and Hawks slugger each won the award for the second time.
Japanese Baseball Dec 8, 2020
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.
Japanese Baseball Dec 4, 2020
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.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 30, 2020
Marines pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura to seek deal with MLB club
The Marines have said they will try to re-sign the right-hander, who is represented by Ichiro Suzuki's agent, John Boggs.