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…
Name (Japanese): チェン・ウェイン Name (Chinese): 陳 偉殷 Date of Birth: July 21, 1985 Hometown: Kaohsiung, Taiwan High School: Kao-Yuan Vocational High School of Technology & Commerce (Taiwan) University: National Taiwan Sport University Family Status: Married, two sons (?) Height: 183 cm (6’0″) Weight: 90 kg (198 lbs) Throws/Bats: Left/Right Wore #: 14 Originally signed by: Chunichi Dragons, 2003…
Sources: Tigers HP / Sponichi / Daily / Sponichi The Hanshin Tigers officially announced the signing of Dominican infielder Aderlin Rodriguez (30) on June 20. Rodriguez has experience with the Orix Buffaloes (2020), putting up a .218 average with 6 home runs and 25 RBIs in 59 games. He left the team prematurely as an…
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….
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…
Coming into this game, it had been a full 27 innings (three games) since the Tigers had recorded an RBI hit. Wednesday’s loss saw them score their lone run on a sacrifice fly, and the game before, it was Teruaki Sato’s home run. On Sunday, their seven runs came on: a two-run homer, a wild…
Hosts T-Ray, JD and Sanjay bask in the glow of the team’s previous 10 games, and then try to offer possible solutions to the import problem that manager Akihiro Yano is about to need to figure out: how to fit 8 highly talented imports on a roster with a 5-import limit? Also, here’s our post-show…
There are a few very important bits of news that need your attention and awareness: The State of Emergency is expected to be called off on March 21, and soon thereafter, the foreign players who have not yet arrived in Japan will be permitted entry into the country. There will be strict regulations that limit…
Sources: Hanshin Official / Daily Sports / Nikkan Sports Hanshin’s newly-acquired left-handed pitcher, Wei-Yin Chen (35, formerly of the Chiba Lotte Marines) met the press in Nishinomiya at Koshien facilities on January 30. He will wear #14, which was recently worn by Atsushi Nohmi (now with Orix). He has expressed a strong desire to shut…
Sources: Daily Sports / Daily Sports Hanshin announced the signing of former Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Wei-Yin Chen (35) on December 22nd. It is an estimated 2-year, $4-million deal. He will wear #14, which belonged to Atsushi Nohmi this past season. The lefty has 95 career wins between NPB and MLB, and says he hopes…