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Former Tiger Imports: Roman Mendez

Former Tiger Imports: Roman Mendez

Full Name: Román Junior Méndez Pérez Name (Japanese): ロマン・メンデス Date of Birth: July 25, 1990 Hometown: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic Family Status:  Height: 191 cm (6’3″) Weight: 107 kg (225 lb) Throws/Bats: Right/Right Wore #: 20 Walk-Up Song: Hironobu Kageyama – Chala Head Chala Originally drafted by: Undrafted (signed with Boston Red Sox as amateur free agent, 2007) Joined the Tigers’…

Tigers Claim Mendoza Off Waivers

Tigers Claim Mendoza Off Waivers

The Hanshin Tigers announced on August 31st that they had successfully acquired the services of pitcher Luis Mendoza (33) from the Nippon Ham Fighters, who waived him late last week. Mendoza is a native of Mexico, and is in his fourth year in NPB. He will wear number 75, and is expected to step into…

2017 Midterm Player Report Cards – The Pitchers

2017 Midterm Player Report Cards – The Pitchers

It’s All-Star Break… no real baseball to watch and analyze, so let’s look at our crop of pitchers and give a few brief comments about each of them. What’s your take? Whom do you like in those final couple of rotation spots? In the bullpen? The above “depth chart” is just my own observations, and…

Tigers Devour Samurai Japan in Warm-Up

Tigers Devour Samurai Japan in Warm-Up

To see a few pictures of the game, click here Samurai Japan seemed to have found its stroke in a recent exhibition match against Chinese Taipei. With just two more practice games before the World Baseball Classic starts (on Tuesday, March 7), Hanshin was supposed to help them feel good about their lineup and pitchers…

Spring Training 2017 – 5th Cool* News

Spring Training 2017 – 5th Cool* News

* If you’ve read the reports for the 1st Cool, the 2nd Cool, the 3rd Cool or the 4th Cool you know this already. For those of you who are new to H-TEN… The Japanese use the word クール (from the French cours = course / installment / season) to divide the spring training sessions into parts. But since…

Spring Training 2017 – 3rd Cool* News

Spring Training 2017 – 3rd Cool* News

* The Japanese use the word クール (from the French cours = course / installment / season) to divide the spring training sessions into parts. But since クール is usually used to mean “cool” I have turned it into a cool headline. Hope the クール factor isn’t lost on you! Happy Valentine’s Day, my western world friends! Today…

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