Here is a list of guys who contributed to the team’s HUGE win today, and where they came from: Aaron Wilkerson (5 IP 2 R, Milwaukee Brewers) / Yuta Watanabe (1 IP 0 R, W, SoftBank Hawks) / Ren Kajiya (1 IP 0 R, SoftBank Hawks) / Yoshio Itoi (2-4, 2 RBI, Orix Buffaloes) /…
After an extremely disappointing series in Yokohama, the team kept fighting and had a decent weekend against the defending (but injured) champs. The starters did an outstanding job and in the two games that the batters showed up, they put up ample runs. For some reason on Saturday, they were unable to cross home even…
It was a long first 17 games, was it not? Surely the 1-15-1 start wore you out as much as it did me. Heading into the weekend against the first-place Giants, I was worried we might be 1-18-1 come Easter. But the team is rising to life, thanks to another fine pitching performance from a…
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….
Newly signed import pitchers Aaron Wilkerson (32) and Kyle Keller (28) arrived in Japan on March 6 and met the press today in Nishinomiya, Japan. Below is a partial transcript of their interviews. Please keep in mind that these are translations (from Japanese to English) of translations (from English into Japanese)! I do not have…
The news has been fairly plentiful in the past couple of weeks while I have been taking an extended break from the updates. We’ll stick to the basics here. First and foremost, the Tigers have decided not to renew the contracts of two foreigners: outfielder Jerry Sands and reliever Jon Edwards. Both joined the team…