2020 Spring Training Information

2020 Spring Training Information
January 24, 2020

New decade, new hope! Akihiro Yano and the Hanshin Tigers will be opening camp in just over a week. The club has announced which players are going to be starting at which campground. Keep in mind, call-ups and send-downs are possible during the month…

Anyhow, here is the basic schedule and squad divisions for this year’s spring training.


First Squad — February 1-26 in Ginoza, Okinawa


Scheduled days off: February 6 (Thur), 12 (Wed), 17 (Mon), 21 (Fri)

Exhibition games scheduled:

  • 9th (Sun) 1:00 pm vs. Nippon Ham @ Ginoza
  • 15th (Sat) 1:00 pm vs. Hiroshima @ Ginoza
  • 16th (Sun) 1:00 pm vs. Rakuten @ Ginoza
  • 20th (Thur) 1:00 pm vs. Rakuten @ Ginoza
  • 22nd (Sat) 1:00 pm vs. Chunichi @ Chatan
  • 23rd (Sun) 1:00 pm vs. Hiroshima @ Okinawa City
  • 24th (Mon) 1:00 pm vs. Yakult @ Urasoe

Players invited:

PitchersAtsushi Nohmi, Yuki NishiYuta Iwasada, Kosuke Baba, Shintaro Fujinami, Kenichi Nakata, Kyuji Fujikawa, Taiki Ono, Haruto Takahashi, Masaki Tanigawa, Masumi Hamachi, Jon Edwards, Koki Moriya, Takumi Akiyama, Joe Gunkel, Koyo Aoyagi, Yuya Iida, Atsushi Mochizuki, Suguru Iwazaki, Robert Suarez, Onelki Garcia, Kazuo Itoh, Yuya Yokoyama = 23 men

CatchersSeishiro Sakamoto, Ryutaro UmenoFumihito Haraguchi, Yuya Katayama = 4 men

InfieldersHiroki Uemoto, Seiya Kinami, Fumiya Hojoh, Yusuke Ohyama, Takahiro Kumagai, Jefry Marte, Kento Itohara, Justin Bour, Naomasa Yohkawa, Kai Ueda = 10 men

OutfieldersKoji Chikamoto, Yoshio Itoi, Kosuke Fukudome, Shun Takayama, Taiga Egoshi, Jerry Sands, Kairi Shimada = 7 men


Second Squad — February 1-26 in Aki, Kochi

Scheduled days off: February 6 (Thur), 12 (Wed), 17 (Mon), 21 (Fri)

Exhibition games scheduled:

  • 11th (Tue) 12:30 pm vs. JR Shikoku @ Aki
  • 15th (Sat) 12:30 pm vs. Company X @ Aki
  • 16th (Sun) 12:30 pm vs. Seibu @ Aki
  • 20th (Thur) 12:30 pm vs. Taiwan Team @ Aki Cancelled due to coronavirus
  • 24th (Tue) vs. Kochi Fighting Dogs @ Aki

Players designated:

Pitchers – Junya Nishi, Minoru Iwata, Yen-Ching Lu, Yuya Onaka, Keisuke Takano, Hiroto Saiki, Masaki Oyokawa, Shungo Fukunaga, Riku Kawahara, Yukiya Saitoh, Kentaro Kuwahara, Atsuki Yuasa, Ippei Ogawa, Hiroya Shimamoto, Masaki Ishii, Joichiro Maki = 16 men

Catchers – Kenya Nagasaka, Taichi Okazaki, Kento Fujita = 3 men

Infielders – Ryuhei Obata, Jo Endoh, Fumiya Araki, Kosuke Fujitani = 4 men

Outfielders – Kota Inoue, Hayata Itoh, Masahiro Nakatani, Yutaro Itayama, Shunsuke, Dan Onodera, Kota Okuyama = 7 men

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