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Gone in 2022, New in 2023

Gone in 2022, New in 2023

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…

Hanshin Player Primer 2022: The Bullpen

Hanshin Player Primer 2022: The Bullpen

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….

Toreba no Toraba: What the H?

Toreba no Toraba: What the H?

Based on T-Ray’s Daily Sports Column / デイリースポーツの連載コラム”トレバーの虎場”から Quiz: What do Yusuke Ohyama, Naomasa Yohkawa, Masashi Itoh, Ren Satoh, and Yukiya Saitoh have, but Teruaki Sato and Jo Endo lack? As an extra hint, Fumiya Hojoh both has and lacks this certain something.  The answer is H. This may be a completely nonsensical article, but…

2020 Post-Draft Report

2020 Post-Draft Report

Unlike most teams, Hanshin manager Akihiro Yano did not divulge the team’s direction as to which player they would enter the sweepstakes for in Round 1 of the draft, which took place on Monday, October 26 in Tokyo (but mainly via online meetings). The team has not yet finished cutting unneeded players, but typically by…