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  • Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Gets High Praise From Bruce Bochy, Rangers Players
    • Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Gets High Praise From Bruce Bochy, Rangers Players
    It’s safe to say Yoshinobu Yamamoto impressed in his Cactus League debut on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ 12-year, $325 million offseason signing from the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball saw his first MLB action as the Dodgers took on the Texas Rangers. Yamamoto pitched two innings and only faced the minimum six Rangers’ …...2024
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  • • Anderson Espinoza Signs With NPB’s Orix Buffaloes
    The Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball announced the signing of right-hander Anderson Espinoza this week. Orix also signed righty Luis Castillo for the 28-year-old’s second season in Japan. Espinoza is the more well-known of the two former big leaguers. That’s largely on account of his prospect status. At one time regarded among the top minor league…...2024
  • Rays add Orix Buffaloes high leverage reliever RHP Jacob Waguespack
    • Rays add Orix Buffaloes high leverage reliever RHP Jacob Waguespack
    Orix Buffaloes relief pitcher Jacob Waguespack (facing) embraces catcher Kenya Wakatsuki as they celebrate the final out in their season-ending victory over the Yakult Swallows to win Japanese profession baseball’s Nippon Series 4-2 at the end of the sixth game of the seven-game series at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on October 30, 2022. | Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images Wague...2024
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  • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, January 11th, 2024 This afternoon will be the final deadline for Major League Baseball teams to sign talent that has entered the posting system from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball or South Korea’s Korea Baseball Organization. As the deadline draws ever nearer, most of the biggest names have been taken off the board. Many of them were signed by ...2024
  • • NPB’s Orix Buffaloes Sign Cody Thomas
    The Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced the signing of outfielder Cody Thomas this week. The Octagon client became a minor league free agent at the end of the 2023 season. An Oklahoma product, Thomas joined the professional ranks in 2016 as a Dodger draftee. Los Angeles traded him to the A’s shortly before…...2024
  • Monday Rockpile: The Rockies need to be prepared for a possible shot at Roki Sasaki next winter
    • Monday Rockpile: The Rockies need to be prepared for a possible shot at Roki Sasaki next winter
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, January 8, 2024 The recent signings of Dakota Hudson and Jacob Stallings to one-year deals has likely provided the Colorado Rockies with their most active day (week? month?) of the off-season. There may be a surprise deal involving one of the club’s tenured infielders – Ryan McMahon and Brendan Rodgers – that coul...2024

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  • • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for December 15, 2023
    • Royals Rumblings - News for December 15, 2023
    Do not do this! | Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images Our final Asian Baseball Wrap: NPB Busy week, huh? First, Will Smith comes back. Then the Royals splash some cash at Seth Lugo. To make room, they traded Taylor Clarke to the Brewers and get some minor leaguers back in return. They also signed Chris Stratton (and have not yet made a corresponding move). I don’t think we’ve...2023
  • A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class
    • A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class
    Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Who wants some arms? The Royals will seek to improve on this year’s last place disaster, and the area they will most look to address is the pitching. The Royals got a 5.12 ERA from their starting pitchers, fourth-worst in baseball with the third-worst strikeout rate. General Manager J.J. Picollo has stated that he expects next year’s rotation to feature Cole...2023
  • Royals Rumblings - News for October 23, 2023
    • Royals Rumblings - News for October 23, 2023
    Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Can Collin Snider be an impact reliever? Beat writer Jaylon Thompson has a mailbag column and considers who the Royals might pursue this winter. Picollo found success in the trade market with the additions of Cole Ragans, Nelson Velázquez and James McArthur. He could potentially swing another deal to acquire more talent. Here is one thing to note: Picollo ...2023
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 14, 2023
    Randy Bass of the Denver Bears scores against the Omaha Royals in 1980 - I promise this is relevant | Denver Post via Getty Images How did you spend your first non-day-after-Opening-Day off day? Fridays during the season can be a mixed bag for Rumblings. Thursday’s a fairly common off day so that can often be helpful. Writers for major outlets like The Star will drop that feature story t...2023
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  • • Hot Stove is cold as ice for White Sox, sizzling for others
    Rumors of White Sox interest proved about $10 million too light, as the cocky Cubs inked Cody Bellinger for nearly his estimated arb figure. | Ronald Martinez/Getty Images We wait for scraps as Phillies, Guardians and Cubs feast The biggest news out of Tuesday’s Winter Meetings was the MLB draft lottery. My fantastic teammate at South Side Sox, Allie Wesel, has the full draft coverage for ...2022
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  • • Frank Schwindel appears headed to play for NPB’s Orix Buffaloes
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The former Cubs first baseman’s going to Japan. The Cubs claimed Frank Schwindel on waivers from the A’s in July 2021 and then installed him at first base after Anthony Rizzo (and others) were traded at that year’s deadline in the big selloff. Schwindel went on to have a fantastic third of a season for the Cubs, batting 342/.389/.613 with 13 home runs i...2022

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  • 2024
    "The Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball announced the signing of right-hander Anderson Espinoza this week."

  • 2023
    "As the best pitcher in Japan who’s been made available to MLB teams at just 25 years of age, Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has always been expected to command an aggressive bidding war."

  • 2022
    "I had thought that Schwindel, who is now 30, might be able to catch on with a team in Japan’s NPB major league, and that appears to be exactly what’s happening: Nikkan Sports reports that Orix Buffaloes are working to acquire 1B Frank Schwindel."

  • 2021
    "Former Mariners outfielder Stefen Romero has signed with the Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, the team announced."

  • 2020
    "Eppler is returning to North American baseball after pitching for NPB’s Orix Buffaloes last season."

  • 2019
    "Jones announced on Twitter that he’s signing with Japan’s Orix Buffaloes."

  • 2018
    "There’s no official word as to which club will be signing Roach, though multiple reportsout of Japan have suggested that the Orix Buffaloes have been showing interest in the 28-year-old right-hander."

  • 2017
    "Otani didn’t disappoint, as he held the Orix Buffaloes to just two hits while racking up 10 strikeouts in a masterful shutout."

  • 2016
    "Japan's Orix Buffaloes to wear plaid jerseys"

  • 2015
    "Betancourt, 33, signed a one-year deal with Japan’s Orix Buffaloes last season but hit ."

  • 2014
    "Wily Mo Pena, previously with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan, has become a free agent, Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press tweets."

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Orix Buffaloes trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Rays add Orix Buffaloes high leverage reliever RHP Jacob Waguespack
    2024
  • • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    2024
  • • NPB’s Orix Buffaloes Sign Cody Thomas
    2024
  • • Monday Rockpile: The Rockies need to be prepared for a possible shot at Roki Sasaki next winter
    2024
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for December 15, 2023
    2023
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  • • Details On Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Plan For Free Agent Meetings
    Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been officially free to negotiate with MLB clubs since last Tuesday, when the Orix Buffaloes posted the star pitcher.  The free agent courtship process looks to begin in earnest next week, as SNY’s Andy Martino reported on how Yamamoto and his representatives at Wasserman will approach the decision of picking the…...2023
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  • • Japanese pitching sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto being posted for MLB free agency
    Yoshinobu Yamamoto will become a free agent Tuesday and major league teams can sign him through 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 4. The pitcher had a 70-29 record and 1.82 ERA in seven seasons with the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball....2023
  • Orix Buffaloes reveal expected post date for pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto
    • Orix Buffaloes reveal expected post date for pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto
    Yoshinobu Yamamoto is one of the offseason’s most talked-about free agents, and he’ll finally be fully available to Major League teams in a few days’ time....2023
  • • Orix Buffaloes Expected To Post Yoshinobu Yamamoto On November 20
    Yoshinobu Yamamoto is one of the offseason’s most talked-about free agents, and he’ll finally be fully available to Major League teams in a few days’ time.  ESPN’s Buster Olney reports (via X) that Yamamoto is “expected to be posted” this coming Monday, so his negotiation window to speak with MLB teams will officially begin on…...2023
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  • • Rays add Orix Buffaloes high leverage reliever RHP Jacob Waguespack
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for December 15, 2023
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  • • A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class
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  • Cub Tracks walks into one
    • Cub Tracks walks into one
    Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Jordan Wicks lights up the Pirates and the Cubs move one game closer to the top of the wild-card heap. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in...2023
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  • • Weekend Rumblings - News for July 29, 2023
    There are four images for “Alen Hanson” and “Royals” in the archive. This is one of them. Asian Baseball Midseason Check, Part III: NPB Ed note: As mentioned in yesterday’s comments, Max and I swapped Fri and Sat so you’re basically getting a Friday Rumblings on Saturdays. Lucky (or unlucky) you! Also, a bunch of this was written Thursday so do with that what you will. If you haven’t ha...2023
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 14, 2023
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  • • Aaron Judge picks the Yanks on the last day of Winter Meetings
    The 2022 AL MVP threw a scare into the Bronx, but will remain a Yankee. | Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Lots of players on the move — but still zilch for the White Sox The Winter Meetings wrapped up today, with a whirlwind of activity to report. Yankees fans are ecstatic today — and breathing a sigh of relief — with the biggest news of the Winter Meetings. The No. 1 free agent this offseas...2022
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  • Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 2 free agency leaders could have domino effect for Juan Soto
    • Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 2 free agency leaders could have domino effect for Juan Soto
    Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images The race for the 25-year-old Japanese ace is heating up. As the MLB Winter Meetings roll on, a huge spotlight is on a right-handed pitcher from Japan with a devastating array of pitches, and the numerous clubs clamoring for his services. We are of course talking about Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the 25-year-old right hander. Did you have someone else in mind? Whi...2023
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  • • A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class
    2023
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  • • Cub Tracks walks into one
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  • • Weekend Rumblings - News for July 29, 2023
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 14, 2023
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  • • The best celebrations of the 2023 MLB season, so far
    Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports From Pirate swords to Dong Bongs, here’s an ongoing list of the best celebrations in the 2023 MLB season. Major league baseball is back. Yes, the new season is underway, but some new rules implemented ahead of the 2023 season have sparked a comeback for the MLB. Game times are down, ratings are up, and there is more genuine excitement about baseball than in yea...2023
  • • Frank Schwindel appears headed to play for NPB’s Orix Buffaloes
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  • • Adam Jones Signs With Japan’s Orix Buffaloes
    Longtime major league outfielder Adam Jones’ time in the bigs may have just drawn to a close. Jones announced on Twitter that he’s signing with Japan’s Orix Buffaloes. He inked a two-year, $8MM contract with a club option for 2022, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports. The deal could max out at $15.5MM if Jones’…...2019
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  • • Adam Jones Weighing Move To Japan
    Veteran outfielder Adam Jones may be headed for a late-career stint in Japan. According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, via Twitter, Jones is in talks with Nippon Professional Baseball’s Orix Buffaloes on a contract. Notably, the concept under consideration is a multi-year arrangement. That’s a rarity for players contemplating a westward crossing of the…...2019
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  • • Frank Schwindel appears headed to play for NPB’s Orix Buffaloes
    2022
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  • • Japan's Orix Buffaloes to wear plaid jerseys
    2016
  • • Orix Buffaloes To Post Masataka Yoshida
    The Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball are going to post outfielder Masataka Yoshida, according to a report from Yahoo Japan, making him eligible to explore opportunities with MLB clubs. (hat tip to JJ Cooper from Baseball America and Jason Coskrey on Twitter.) The Japanese-language link lists the Yankees, Mariners, and Blue Jays as…...2022
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  • • Marwin Gonzalez To Sign With NPB’s Orix Buffaloes
    Marwin Gonzalez is heading to Japan, having agreed a deal to join the Orix Buffaloes, according to Yahoo Japan. The MVP Sports Group client will take home a $1.5MM salary, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Gonzalez, 34 in March, spent the 2022 season as a utility option off the bench for…...2022
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  • • Frank Schwindel Signs With NPB’s Orix Buffaloes
    Former Cub Frank Schwindel has reportedly signed a deal with the Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s NPB. Schwindel had been playing for the Águilas Cibaeñas in the Dominican Winter League. Sung Min Kim had previously tweeted that the two parties were discussing a deal, and Cibaeñas general manager Ángel Ovalles recently told reporters that the 30-year-old…...2022
  • • Wily Mo Pena Becomes Free Agent; Twins Interested
    Wily Mo Pena, previously with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan, has become a free agent, Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press tweets. Berardino further notes that there is mutual interest between Pena and the Twins. MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes reported in … ...2014
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  • • Rays add Orix Buffaloes high leverage reliever RHP Jacob Waguespack
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  • • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for December 15, 2023
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  • • Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 2 free agency leaders could have domino effect for Juan Soto
    2023
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  • • A look at this year’s starting pitching free agent class
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  • • Cub Tracks walks into one
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  • • Weekend Rumblings - News for July 29, 2023
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  • • NL Player of the Week hosts AL Player of the Week as Braves face Red Sox
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Masataka Yoshida is rolling into town on a heater with Boston. The Red Sox will also have to deal with Sean Murphy, who’s also been on a heater lately. The league’s spotlight will once again shine brightly on Truist Park in Cobb County, as the Boston Red Sox are rolling into town to take on the Atlanta Braves for the start of a two-g...2023
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 14, 2023
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  • • The best celebrations of the 2023 MLB season, so far
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  • • Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 2 free agency leaders could have domino effect for Juan Soto
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