If you are a new fan and are not particularly familiar with the team, let this be your introduction! We are going to break down the entire roster for you very briefly so you can get a feel for who is whom, what they have done, and what they might do in 2023 and beyond….
Check here for our Top 10 Prospects in 2023 The year has just begun, and yet we can think of at least ten players for whom the writing is on the wall: either put up good numbers in 2023 or prepare to find a new career. OK, that might be a little extreme, but with…
If you are a new fan and are not particularly familiar with the team, let this be your introduction! We are going to break down the entire roster for you very briefly so you can get a feel for who is whom, what they have done, and what they might do in 2022 and beyond….
Looking at the starting lineup before the game started, and seeing that the opposing pitcher had a 1.99 ERA against our guys this season, well, let’s just say most fans were not inspired with confidence. But three batters into our attack, the blowout was on. Koyo Aoyagi threw seven effective innings (3 hits, 4 walks,…
After yesterday’s slugfest, fans on both sides of this battle of the felines were looking forward to more long balls and dramatics. Instead, they were treated to a pitchers’ duel that was aided by the umpires calling a very wide strike zone. The result is that Masashi Itoh’s full-count mistake against Hotaka Yamakawa in the…
This was a long, hard game to watch. Particularly the bottom halves of innings 4, 6, 7, 8. I’ll let the scorecard do the talking. Let’s just say our pitchers got devoured and our bats did reasonably well, but could have also put up double-digit runs had they capitalized on more chances. For what it’s…
The first two games of this series were simply too good to be true. Our hitters were mercilessly pounding the Giants pitchers, and our pitchers were holding off their big bats. In this one, the tides turned, though our pitching was still quite strong. But those bats… most of the game looked like fielding practice…
With just five outs to go, this one looked to be a beautiful home opener for the Tigers. Team up by 2, Fujinami went 6 IP 1 R, and the Dragons had committed 4 errors. I mean, you can’t win when you’re fielding that poorly, can you? Not against the almighty Hanshin bullpen, right? Wrong.
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…