Happy New Year to everyone out there. We are slowly but surely creeping closer to the start of spring training, which means it is time to catch everyone up to speed on roster movements that have taken place between the last playoff game of 2022 and the beginning of official team workouts in 2023! Here…
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….
The scorecard below tells you almost all that you need to know. But what you do not fully see in this, is this: Yuki Nishi = 5 walks + 1 hit batter in 5 innings Taiki Ono = 4 walks + 1 wild pitch in 1 inning Koki Moriya = 1 hit batter in 2…
Tonight, the Tigers added yet another player to the already-long list of guys who are in need of medical attention. At some point early in the Wednesday night game against the Hiroshima Carp (which ended in a 3-3 tie), captain Kento Itohara broke the hamate bone in his right hand and will likely need at…
Host T-Ray is joined by JD as they talk about the offseason – who’s gone and who’s new, the new team slogan, and what the team looks like from top to bottom heading into the 2020 season. Hanshin Tigers Depth Chart – 2020 Catcher Ryutaro Umeno Seishiro Sakamoto Fumihito Haraguchi Yuya Katayama First Base Justin…
Sources: Bunshun / Daily / Daily Moriya’s Wife Accuses Him of Abuse, Infidelity Hanshin pitcher Koki Moriya (26) was notified by legal authorities that his wife had filed papers to prosecutors that alleged his physical and verbal abuse over the course of their entire six-year marriage. Things came to a head on April 26, 2018,…
When your best pitcher gets tagged for five straight hits to open the game, and you find yourself down six runs with just a few innings to go, it’s easy to just pack it in and hope for better fortunes tomorrow. Fans who did just this are kicking themselves now, because they gave up on…
I’m beside myself. The Tigers ended the Heisei Era with eight straight losses to the Giants (six this year, including shutouts in the last two). Heading into Tokyo Dome against a team that crushed the Swallows for 19 runs in a single game just last week? Not feeling this series, I thought to myself. And…
After a lot of rain and mediocrity during the week at Koshien, the Tigers took their act on the road for the final week of interleague play. First stop: Sapporo Dome to face the resurgent Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Given the powerful bats they have, Hanshin would need theirs to come out and play, plus…
It’s another precious day off for our heroes on the diamond, so let’s look back on the last few days of spring training action! First, the “news”: Newly acquired relief pitcher Diego Moreno looked good pitching in the bullpen and in live batting practice. Some have called him a “skinny Mateo” – he uses the…