The Hanshin Tigers have been hard at work down in Okinawa. Camp started on February 1, and runs through the 27th. Starting this weekend, practice games will become more frequent, and we will see which players are going to get more playing time during the March exhibition games, and which will end up in the…
Last year saw our team win its first pennant in 18 years and just its second Nippon Series ever (and first since 1985). But the thing is, no team can stay the same from year to year. This team did relatively little to alter the magic formula that was so successful in 2023, but here…
This is the team’s first spring training in Okinawa as defending champions! It is interesting to see which players are going full throttle from the start, and which will take things a bit more slowly at the second squad camp. Read on for tentative schedules and rosters for both camps, which are approximately 30 minutes…
Sources: Sponichi / Sponichi / Sanspo / Sanspo Etc. The 2023 draft picks got their new uniforms on December 11. Below is the list of new numbers given out, as well as the most recent and most famous Tigers to have worn the numbers. Round 1: RHP Kaito Shimomura – #19: Shintaro Fujinami (2013-22) /…
Sources: Hanshin Official / Daily Sports The Hanshin Tigers announced on November 30 that they have reached an agreement with right-handed Panamanian pitcher Javy Guerra. The 28-year-old will wear #00 and his contract is estimated to be worth one million US dollars (¥147 million). Guerra sent the following comment on to Japan: “Nice to meet…
On Tuesday night (November 28) in Tokyo, Nippon Professional Baseball held its annual awards ceremony to recognize excellent players and their contributions to the game. Here’s how it went down for our Hanshin Tigers. Matsutaro Shoriki Award: Akinobu Okada Central League MVP: Shoki Murakami Central League Rookie of the Year: Shoki Murakami Central League Best…
The Hanshin Tigers won their first pennant in 18 years. The Orix Buffaloes won the Pacific League for the third straight season. The two teams faced off in what will surely go down as a classic Japan Series. Long before the results of that series were known (and surely, you know by now that the…
Source: Hanshin Official / Nikkan Sports Well folks, it’s officially a new era for the Hanshin Tigers. Not only have they brought in a new manager (Akinobu Okada, who also managed the team from 2004-08), but they officially announced the new slogan on December 17, and yesterday (January 23), they unveiled their annual “Ultra Summer”…
New manager, new farm camp location! That’s right! No longer will our young horticulturalists be freezing their crops in Kochi Prefecture in February. Read on for tentative schedules and rosters for both camps, which are now approximately 30 minutes apart by car! Wednesday, February 1 – Monday, February 27 Scheduled days off: February 3 (Fri),…
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…