Trade! Iida to Buffaloes, Kobayashi to Tigers
NPB announced an agreement reached between the Orix Buffaloes and the Hanshin Tigers on the 28th. The teams swap mid-career pitchers: the Tigers will deal lefty Yuya Iida (29) to the Buffaloes, who will send righty Keisuke Kobayashi (27) to the Tigers. Iida joined the Tigers in 2018 after being dealt from the SoftBank Hawks…