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  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 16
    Happy birthday, Esteban Quiroz! | Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Read more about the battle between the Giants and other stories, and listen to Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan collaborating, in this exciting installment of our long-running series. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed ...2023
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Greg Maddux to one-year deal
    Photo by Ken Levine/WireImage Braves Franchise History 2003 - The Braves and Greg Maddux avoid arbitration with a one-year, $14.75 million deal which is the largest one year contract in league history. Maddux will go 16-11 with a 3.96 ERA in 218 1/3 innings in what will be his final season in Atlanta. MLB History 1891 - The American Association withdraws from the National Agreement height...2023
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  • • Dodgers, Matt Andriese Agree To Minor League Deal
    The Dodgers and veteran righty Matt Andriese are in agreement on a minor league contract, as first indicated on the transaction log at MLB.com. The Beverly Hills Sports Council client will return stateside after spending the 2022 campaign with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Andriese, 33, pitched quite well overseas, albeit in…...2023
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  • Dodgers News: LA Signs Veteran Pitcher Matt Andriese to Minor-League Deal
    • Dodgers News: LA Signs Veteran Pitcher Matt Andriese to Minor-League Deal
    You can never have too much pitching in Triple-A, and the Dodgers have definitely bought into that this offseason. Their most recent acquisition is a seven-year MLB veteran who spent last year pitching for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan, Matt Andriese. Looks like the #Dodgers signed Matt Andriese to a minor-league contract. Local kid, went …...2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 16
    Happy birthday, Esteban Quiroz! | Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Read more about the battle between the Giants and other stories, and listen to Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan collaborating, in this exciting installment of our long-running series. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed ...2023
    Click for news about Esteban Quiroz
  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Greg Maddux to one-year deal
    Photo by Ken Levine/WireImage Braves Franchise History 2003 - The Braves and Greg Maddux avoid arbitration with a one-year, $14.75 million deal which is the largest one year contract in league history. Maddux will go 16-11 with a 3.96 ERA in 218 1/3 innings in what will be his final season in Atlanta. MLB History 1891 - The American Association withdraws from the National Agreement height...2023
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  • • Blue Jays sign Japanese star pitcher Shun Yamaguchi
    The Toronto Blue Jays bolstered their rotation on Tuesday, reportedly signing Japanese pitcher Shun Yamaguchi to a two-year contract, per Sportsnet’s She Davidi. The 32-year-old will reportedly sign with Toronto after spending the last 14 seasons pitching in Japan. He’s coming off a 2019 season that saw him record a 2.78 ERA with 194 strikeouts and a 16-4 record across 28 games. He began his profe...2019
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  • • Koji Uehara signs with NPB's Yomiuri Giants
    After a terrific nine-year run in Major League Baseball, veteran reliever Koji Uehara has returned to the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, the team announced (link via the Japan Times). Carlos Yamakazi of the Tokyo Sports Press had previously tweeted that Uehara would sign there and that the deal would be announced today.Now entering his age-43 season, Uehara began his profe...2018
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  • • Yomiuri Giants pitcher Fukuda suspended for bets on baseball
    2015
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Yomiuri Giants lifestyle

  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 16
    2023
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  • • Former Nationals outfielder Gerardo Parra gets 'Baby Shark' World Series tattoo
    It took a bit of time, but Gerardo Parra has followed through and gotten his Baby Shark-inspired World Series tattoo. Parra, the former Washington Nationals outfielder whose change in walk-up music to “Baby Shark” led to something of a craze, got a long-promised tattoo of the World Series trophy, with a sunglasses-wearing Baby Shark as the centerpiece. Parra pledged he would do this prior to the W...2020
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 16
    Happy birthday, Esteban Quiroz! | Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Read more about the battle between the Giants and other stories, and listen to Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan collaborating, in this exciting installment of our long-running series. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed ...2023
    Read about Esteban Quiroz
  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Greg Maddux to one-year deal
    Photo by Ken Levine/WireImage Braves Franchise History 2003 - The Braves and Greg Maddux avoid arbitration with a one-year, $14.75 million deal which is the largest one year contract in league history. Maddux will go 16-11 with a 3.96 ERA in 218 1/3 innings in what will be his final season in Atlanta. MLB History 1891 - The American Association withdraws from the National Agreement height...2023
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  • • Dodgers, Matt Andriese Agree To Minor League Deal
    The Dodgers and veteran righty Matt Andriese are in agreement on a minor league contract, as first indicated on the transaction log at MLB.com. The Beverly Hills Sports Council client will return stateside after spending the 2022 campaign with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Andriese, 33, pitched quite well overseas, albeit in…...2023
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  • • Dodgers News: LA Signs Veteran Pitcher Matt Andriese to Minor-League Deal
    You can never have too much pitching in Triple-A, and the Dodgers have definitely bought into that this offseason. Their most recent acquisition is a seven-year MLB veteran who spent last year pitching for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan, Matt Andriese. Looks like the #Dodgers signed Matt Andriese to a minor-league contract. Local kid, went …...2023
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  • • NPB’s Yomiuri Giants Sign Lewis Brinson
    The Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball have agreed to a contract with outfielder Lewis Brinson, according to reports out of Japan.  It will be a Giants-to-Giants move for the 28-year-old Brinson, who finished the 2022 season with San Francisco before being outrighted off the club’s 40-man roster in September. Brinson began the season in…...2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, December 28
    Happy birthday, Scott Effross! | Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to former Cub Scott Effross, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseb...2022
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  • • Mets Release Yoan Lopez
    The Mets announced they’ve released reliever Yoan López. The move frees a 40-man roster spot for infielder Danny Mendick, who has officially signed a one-year free agent contract. It seems the López release was designed to facilitate his heading overseas. Francys Romero reported this week (Twitter link) that the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball were negotiating…...2022
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  • • Tyler Beede Signs With NPB’s Yomiuri Giants
    The Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced Friday that they’ve signed right-hander Tyler Beede to a one-year contract. Beede himself announced the deal as well in a video message to his new club’s fan base (Twitter link). It’ll be the first stint overseas for Beede, a former first-round pick and top prospect with…...2022
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  • • Yomiuri Giants Showing Interest In Tyler Beede
    The Yomiuri Giants of the Nippon Professional Baseball league are showing interest in adding right-handed pitcher Tyler Beede for the upcoming season, according to Hochi News (h/t Sung Min Kim). Beede was released by the Pirates last month after spending the 2022 campaign with them and San Francisco. Beede, 29, was drafted 14th overall by…...2022
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, November 2
    CUBS WIN!!!!!!! | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. You know what day it is. CUBS WIN!!!!! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lor...2022

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  • • Baseball history unpacked, November 2
    CUBS WIN!!!!!!! | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. You know what day it is. CUBS WIN!!!!! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lor...2022
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  • • Japanese prospect brings back Hideo Nomo pitching motion
    The spirit of Hideo Nomo lives on in Japanese prospect Suguru Takai.The 21-year-old Takai, a right-handed pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of the Nippon Professional Baseball league, is going viral for a familiar pitching motion — one that is virtually a mirror image of Nomo’s. Nomo became famous for that corkscrew-esque delivery during his 12 seasons pitching in the MLB (most notably with the Los A...2017
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 16
    2023
    Visit the page Esteban Quiroz
  • • NPB/KBO Notes: Smoak, Sparkman, Freitas
    Veteran first baseman Justin Smoak, who’d signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball over the winter, has returned to the United States to be with his family, the Japan Times recently reported. The 34-year-old switch-hitter was productive in his limited run for the second-place Giants, slashing .272/.336/.482 with seven homers and three…...2021
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  • • Yasiel Puig & Drew Butera finally make Japan Series relevant to Dodgers fans
    The MLB All-Stars opened their time in Japan with an 8-7 exhibition win against the combined teams of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants, with Yasiel Puig going 1-for-4 with an RBI and Drew Butera going 0-for-1 but coming up with an important pick-off at second. Unfortunately, once the actual Japan Series started, neither did much of anything. The MLB All-Stars lost three games in a row to Samurai ...2014
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  • • Japan rally illustrates competitive spirit
    The seventh-inning stretch at Koshien Stadium consisted of 26,946 fans whistling and screaming, launching thousands of pastel-colored balloons skyward. That spectacle, unlike anything in Major League ballparks, may not have helped a combined team of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants pitch, catch or hit. But there was no denying the stadium came alive at that moment....2014
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  • • Cardinals nearing multi-year deal with Miles Mikolas
    The first significant move of the offseason is in the books for the Cardinals, but it’s hardly one that everyone has been expecting. St. Louis announced Tuesday that it has signed right-hander Miles Mikolas, to a two-year contract. The 29-year-old Mikolas, who was known to be seeking a return to the Majors after a dominant three-year run with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseb...2017
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  • Harper offers services to Japan's Yomiuri Giants: 'Got some time to kill'
    • Harper offers services to Japan's Yomiuri Giants: 'Got some time to kill'
    2022
  • • Blue Jays Reportedly Pursuing Deal With Shun Yamaguchi
    The Blue Jays appear to be pressing hard to add Japanese hurler Shun Yamaguchi. According to Sanspo.com (Japanese language link), the sides are closing in on a two-year deal that would pay him around $3MM annually if it’s finalized. Since he was posted in mid-November by the Yomiuri Giants, tomorrow is actually the deadline for…...2019
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  • • Gregory Polanco Signs With NPB’s Chiba Lotte Marines
    The Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced that they have signed outfielder Gregory Polanco for the 2023 season. This will be the second straight year in Japan for Polanco, who played for the Yomiuri Giants in 2022. Polanco, 31, was a highly-touted prospect with the Pirates and emerged as a valuable piece…...2022
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  • • Gregory Polanco Signs With NPB’s Yomiuri Giants
    Former Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco has signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, the team announced. It’ll be his first season with the Tokyo-based club. News first broke of talks between Polanco and teams in the NPB back in mid-December. Polanco was not likely to get a Major League deal. Polanco has seen a…...2022
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  • • Casey McGehee To Sign With Japan’s Yomiuri Giants
    Free agent corner infielder Casey McGehee has agreed to a one-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball, reports FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal (Twitter link). The deal also includes a club option for 2018. This will be the second stint in Japan for McGehee, who spent the 2013 campaign with the Tohoku Rakuten…...2016
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  • • Matt Shoemaker Nearing Deal With NPB’s Yomiuri Giants
    According to a Japanese-language report from Sports Hochi, Matt Shoemaker is nearing agreement on a deal with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (h/t to Sung Min Kim). If finalized, it’d be the first career stint outside of North America for the ISE Baseball client. Shoemaker has pitched in the majors in each of the…...2022
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  • • Mets Release Yoan Lopez
    2022
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  • • Thyago Vieira Drawing Interest From MLB Clubs
    Yomiuri Giants right-hander Thyago Vieira is drawing interest from Major League clubs as the offseason approaches, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand tweets. The flamethrowing righty appeared in parts of three big league seasons with the Mariners and White Sox, from 2017-19, before signing overseas in Japan. Things have gone well for Vieira, 28, in Nippon Professional Baseball.…...2021
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  • • Yomiuri Giants Sign Garrett Jones
    First baseman/outfielder Garrett Jones has inked a one-year contract to play with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, according to a report from Nikkan Sports (via NPB Tracker’s Patrick Newman, on Twitter). Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports that Jones will earn $2.8MM and can take home more money via bonuses/incentives (Twitter link).…...2015
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  • • Tyler Beede Signs With NPB’s Yomiuri Giants
    2022
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  • • Arquimedes Caminero Close To Signing With Yomiuri Giants
    Mariners righty Arquimedes Caminero is close to a deal with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan, as noted by Yahoo! Japan (via Beyond The Box Score’s Kazuto Yamazaki and Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune, who notes that the Mariners have already agreed to sell Caminero’s contract). The 29-year-old Caminero is out of options, and…...2016
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  • • MLB takes nail-biter in Japan Series preview
    A star-studded squad of Major Leaguers got a taste of what lies ahead in the Japan All-Star Series on Tuesday, as a feisty team of players from the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants nearly erased a seven-run deficit before MLB closed out an 8-7 exhibition victory in front of a raucous crowd at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya....2014
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, December 28
    2022
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 16
    2023
    Read about Esteban Quiroz
  • • Baseball history unpacked, December 28
    2022
    Read about Scott Effross
  • • Japan exhibition canceled after 2 test positive
    The Tokyo-based Yomiuri Giants called off a preseason game with the Seibu Lions scheduled for Wednesday because of two positive coronavirus tests....2020
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  • • Quick Hits: Kikuchi, Sugano, BoSox, JBJ, Rangers, D-backs
    Japanese starting pitchers Yusei Kikuchi and Tomoyuki Sugano have been garnering attention from major league scouts, according to Jason Coskrey of the Japan Times. Several teams sent representatives to see the left-handed Kikuchi (Seibu Lions) and the right-handed Sugano (Yomiuri Giants) square off last Friday. The belief is that the 26-year-old Kikuchi will be the…...2018
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  • • Cleveland Indians give Toru Murata a chance on the mound
    In times of trouble, sometime people get the chance to rise to the occasion. In the case of pitcher Toru Murata, his time is today. Due to the chaotic pitching situation currently happining with the Cleveland Indians, the decision was made to alter the rotation, bringing up Murata from Triple A for the nightcap of today’s double header against the Baltimore Orioles. This is a “make-or-break” situa...2015
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  • • MLB Japan All-Star Series 2014: Full Roster, Dates, Times and More
    2014
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Yomiuri Giants rumors, scandals

  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 16
    2023
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  • • Japan Minister Wants Tough Action in Gambling Scandal
    Japan's professional baseball governing body should weed out those involved in a gambling scandal, the country's Sports Minister Hiroshi Hase said after a fourth player from the Yomiuri Giants admitted to his involvement in illegal betting....2016
  • • Japanese pitcher admits to betting on baseball amid scandal
    While American baseball has gone a while without a major gambling scandal, Japan’s game has not been so fortunate. Yomiuri Giants pitcher Kyosuke Takagi confessed Wednesday to betting on baseball, becoming the fourth member of the team found in recent months to have broken the sport’s sacred rule. Back in October, the Giants learned pitcher Satoshi Fukuda had bet on baseball and launched an invest...2016
  • • Yomiuri Giants Executives to Resign Over Gambling Scandal
    Tsuneo Watanabe and two other executives of the Yomiuri Giants will resign to take responsibility for a gambling scandal that has hit Japan's oldest professional baseball team....2016

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