SOUTH AFRICA BASEBALL
NEWS
03/02/2026
 
Friday, February 27th , 2026
Welkom Galaxy: Removed Fassil Sahere from the trading block.
Wednesday, February 25th , 2026
Tembisa Sidewinders: Removed Ahungena Missaoui from the trading block.
Friday, February 20th , 2026
Vereeniging Sun Cats: Removed Mesfin Talib from the trading block.
Thursday, February 19th , 2026
Welkom Galaxy: Removed Buxtuc Commie from the trading block.
Welkom Galaxy: Removed Bradley Hampton from the trading block.
Saturday, February 14th , 2026
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Removed Naoya Ishikawa from the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Removed Tetsu Miyagawa from the trading block.
Tuesday, February 10th , 2026
Hanshin Tigers: Removed Bryan Rodriguez from the trading block.
Friday, February 6th , 2026
Hanshin Tigers: Removed Matt Duce from the trading block.
Tuesday, February 3rd , 2026
Saitama Seibu Lions: Removed Kaito Yoza from the trading block.
Sunday, February 1st , 2026
Chiba Lotte Marines: Removed Mel Rojas Jr. from the trading block.
Saturday, January 31st , 2026
Saitama Seibu Lions: Removed Franklyn Kilome from the trading block.
Friday, January 30th , 2026
Chiba Lotte Marines: Removed Yugo Umeno from the trading block.
Thursday, January 29th , 2026
Saitama Seibu Lions: Removed Sosuke Genda from the trading block.
Wednesday, January 28th , 2026
Hanshin Tigers: Removed Luke Leftwich from the trading block.
Monday, January 26th , 2026
Yomiuri Giants: Removed Geronimo Franzua from the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Removed Brian O'Grady from the trading block.
Friday, January 23rd , 2026
Yomiuri Giants: Removed Tomoya Mikami from the trading block.
Saturday, November 22nd , 2025
Hanshin Tigers: Put Matt Duce on the trading block.
Hanshin Tigers: Put Luke Leftwich on the trading block.
Hanshin Tigers: Put Bryan Rodriguez on the trading block.
Wednesday, November 19th , 2025
Chiba Lotte Marines: Put Noboru Shimizu on the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Put Yugo Umeno on the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Put Wander Suero on the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Put Mel Rojas Jr. on the trading block.
Saturday, November 15th , 2025
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Put Naoya Ishikawa on the trading block.
Thursday, November 13th , 2025
Yomiuri Giants: Put Tomoya Mikami on the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Put Cristopher Crisostomo Mercedes on the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Put Geronimo Franzua on the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Put Brian O'Grady on the trading block.
Wednesday, November 12th , 2025
Chunichi Dragons: Put Kento Fujishima on the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Joely Rodriguez on the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Steven Wilson on the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Dayan Viciedo on the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Yohei Oshima on the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Mike Gerber on the trading block.
Tuesday, November 11th , 2025
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Franklyn Kilome on the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Kaito Yoza on the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Sosuke Genda on the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Hayato Sakamoto on the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Tetsu Miyagawa on the trading block.
Sunday, November 2nd , 2025
2B Kakuya Matsumoto of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Most Valuable Player Award.
LF Masataka Yoshida of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NPB JPL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
2B Fumiya Kurokawa of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NPB JPL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
RF Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Most Valuable Player Award.
LF Mike Gerber of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NPB JCL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
1B Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NPB JCL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
Saturday, November 1st , 2025
SP Yusei Kikuchi of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Sawamura Award.
SP Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NPB JPL Sawamura Award voting.
SP Kotaro Otake of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NPB JPL Sawamura Award voting.
SP Yasunobu Okugawa of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Sawamura Award.
SP Kenji Shimada of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NPB JCL Sawamura Award voting.
SP Ryunosuke Matsumoto of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NPB JCL Sawamura Award voting.
Friday, October 31st , 2025
1B Natsuki Ikeda of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Rookie of the Year Award.
SP Tatsuto Kobayashi of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NPB JPL Rookie of the Year Award voting.
3B Ulbrecht Knapp of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Rookie of the Year Award.
SP Hiroyasu Tanaka of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NPB JCL Rookie of the Year Award voting.
SP Mamoru Okada of the Hanshin Tigers honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NPB JCL Rookie of the Year Award voting.
Thursday, October 30th , 2025
C Yudai Furukawa of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at C.
1B Brett Kinneman of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at 1B.
2B Fumiya Kurokawa of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at 2B.
3B Daiju Nomura of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at 3B.
SS Sosuke Genda of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at SS.
LF Masataka Yoshida of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at LF.
CF Kyota Fujiwara of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at CF.
RF Yuki Yanagita of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at RF.
1B Kotaro Kiyomiya of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Platinum Stick Award at DH.
SP Takumi Akiyama of the Hanshin Tigers honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Platinum Stick Award at P.
C Tetsu Hagiwara of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Platinum Stick Award at C.
1B Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Platinum Stick Award at 1B.
2B Naoto Chino of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Platinum Stick Award at 2B.
3B Hideto Asamura of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Platinum Stick Award at 3B.
SS Jose Pastrano of the Hanshin Tigers honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Platinum Stick Award at SS.
LF Mike Gerber of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Platinum Stick Award at LF.
RF Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Platinum Stick Award at CF.
RF Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Platinum Stick Award at RF.
Wednesday, October 29th , 2025
CL Hiromi Hayashi of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Reliever of the Year.
CL Tetsu Miyagawa of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NPB JPL Reliever of the Year voting.
CL Takahiro Nishimura of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NPB JPL Reliever of the Year voting.
RP Kento Fujishima of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Reliever of the Year.
RP Naoki Miyanishi of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NPB JCL Reliever of the Year voting.
CL Yuki Matsui of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NPB JCL Reliever of the Year voting.
Tuesday, October 28th , 2025
SP Tyler Wells of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at P.
C Takuya Kai of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at C.
1B Sho Nakata of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at 1B.
2B Kakuya Matsumoto of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at 2B.
3B Kiyoharu Sawano of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at 3B.
SS Sosuke Genda of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at SS.
LF Shokichi Kawai of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at LF.
CF Ryosuke Tatsumi of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at CF.
RF Rhett Wiseman of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at RF.
SP Ryunosuke Matsumoto of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at P.
C Yuya Gunji of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at C.
1B Kazuma Okamoto of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at 1B.
2B Naoki Yoshikawa of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at 2B.
3B Fomio Ito of the Hanshin Tigers honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at 3B.
SS Itsuro Nakamura of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at SS.
LF Mike Gerber of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at LF.
CF Noboru Otake of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at CF.
RF Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at RF.
Saturday, October 25th , 2025
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: 2B Munehiko Fukuoka honored: Wins the 2025 NGN EL Most Valuable Player Award.
Yomiuri Giants: 3B Johan Cruz honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NGN EL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: LF Jose Leanez honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NGN EL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: 3B Jui Kobayashi honored: Wins the 2025 NGN WL Most Valuable Player Award.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: C Kota Makihara honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NGN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: 2B Orlando Chivilli honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NGN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
Friday, October 24th , 2025
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: SP Dakota Chalmers honored: Wins the 2025 NGN EL Sawamura Award.
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: SP Hiromasa Saito honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NGN EL Sawamura Award voting.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: SP Albert Abreu honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NGN EL Sawamura Award voting.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: SP Josh Burgmann honored: Wins the 2025 NGN WL Sawamura Award.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: SP Rodolfo Fajardo honored: Finished 2nd in 2025 NGN WL Sawamura Award voting.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: SP Yuya Nakamichi honored: Finished 3rd in 2025 NGN WL Sawamura Award voting.
Monday, October 20th , 2025
Chiba Lotte Marines: Removed Kazuya Ojima from the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Removed Yuito Mori from the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Removed Wander Suero from the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Removed Mel Rojas Jr. from the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Removed Yukiya Saito from the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Removed Yuki Yanagita from the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Removed Jake Faria from the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Removed Yoshi Tsutsugo from the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Removed Kotaro Otake from the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Removed Kevin Cron from the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Removed Taisho Tamai from the trading block.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Removed Toshihiro Sugiura from the trading block.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Removed Kevin Shackelford from the trading block.
Orix Buffaloes: Removed Ryosuke Moriwaki from the trading block.
Orix Buffaloes: Removed Yuta Kuroki from the trading block.
Orix Buffaloes: Removed Takahiro Nishimura from the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Removed Franklyn Kilome from the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Removed Sosuke Genda from the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Removed Hayato Sakamoto from the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Removed Haruhiro Hamaguchi from the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Yudai Ono from the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Joely Rodriguez from the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Steven Wilson from the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Koji Fukutani from the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Hiroto Fuku from the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Mike Gerber from the trading block.
Hanshin Tigers: Removed Takahiro Okada from the trading block.
Hanshin Tigers: Removed Luke Leftwich from the trading block.
Hanshin Tigers: Removed Bryan Rodriguez from the trading block.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: Removed Naoki Miyanishi from the trading block.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: Removed Rubby De La Rosa from the trading block.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: Removed Jose Osuna from the trading block.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: Removed Yuki Matsui from the trading block.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: Removed Katsuki Matayoshi from the trading block.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: Removed Oscar De La Cruz from the trading block.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: Removed Yuki Kuniyoshi from the trading block.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Removed Kazuki Kamizato from the trading block.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Removed Kentaro Taira from the trading block.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Removed Kazuto Taguchi from the trading block.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Removed Takayuki Kato from the trading block.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Removed Robert Suarez from the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Removed Cristopher Crisostomo Mercedes from the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Removed Geronimo Franzua from the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Removed Brian O'Grady from the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Removed Ryo Akiyoshi from the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Removed Yuki Nishi from the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: The owner took $13,495,920 in cash as profit for this year.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: The owner paid $298,000 of future expenses from the operating profit.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: The owner took $54,920,675 in cash as profit for this year.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: The owner took $6,832,309 in cash as profit for this year.
Orix Buffaloes: The owner took $9,546,469 in cash as profit for this year.
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: The owner paid $804,965 of future expenses from the operating profit.
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: The owner took $23,332,748 in cash as profit for this year.
Saitama Seibu Lions: The owner took $11,537,157 in cash as profit for this year.
Chunichi Dragons: The owner took $3,714,594 in cash as profit for this year.
Hanshin Tigers: The owner paid $442,797 of future expenses from the operating profit.
Hanshin Tigers: The owner took $18,443,704 in cash as profit for this year.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: The owner paid $1,676,000 of future expenses from the operating profit.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: The owner took $19,197,993 in cash as profit for this year.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: The owner paid $2,653,916 of future expenses from the operating profit.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: The owner took $20,553,676 in cash as profit for this year.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: The owner took $10,991,966 in cash as profit for this year.
Yomiuri Giants: The owner took $50,592,048 in cash as profit for this year.
Sunday, October 19th , 2025
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Put Yoshi Tsutsugo on the trading block.
Saturday, October 18th , 2025
3B Tomoya Inoue of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 Japan Series MVP Award.
Saturday, October 11th , 2025
1B Daichi Suzuki of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL Final Stage MVP Award.
Friday, October 10th , 2025
SP Yuki Matsumoto of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL Final Stage MVP Award.
Monday, October 6th , 2025
RF Louis Okoye of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JPL First Stage MVP Award.
Saturday, October 4th , 2025
1B Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Wins the 2025 NPB JCL First Stage MVP Award.
Wednesday, October 1st , 2025
1B Kotaro Kiyomiya of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the NPB JPL Batter of the Month Award.
RF Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Batter of the Month Award.
SP Toshihiro Sugiura of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the NPB JPL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Takumi Akiyama of the Hanshin Tigers honored: Wins the NPB JCL Pitcher of the Month Award.
1B Natsuki Ikeda of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the NPB JPL Rookie of the Month Award.
CL Wuilliam Hernandez of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the NPB JCL Rookie of the Month Award.
Tuesday, September 30th , 2025
Chiba Lotte Marines: Put Kazuya Ojima on the trading block.
Monday, September 29th , 2025
1B Kotaro Kiyomiya of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
SS Ryusei Takeoka of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Monday, September 22nd , 2025
1B Yoshiyuki Kawashima of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
RF Chris Falkenborg of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Tuesday, September 16th , 2025
Hanshin Tigers: Put Takahiro Okada on the trading block.
Monday, September 15th , 2025
2B Kakuya Matsumoto of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
RF Seiya Hosokawa of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Monday, September 8th , 2025
LF Hiroshi Oi of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
LF Mariel Bautista of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Monday, September 1st , 2025
3B Kiyoharu Sawano of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
RF Chris Falkenborg of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
1B Kevin Cron of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the NPB JPL Batter of the Month Award.
LF Mike Gerber of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the NPB JCL Batter of the Month Award.
CL Takahiro Nishimura of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Wins the NPB JPL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Taiki Yasui of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the NPB JCL Pitcher of the Month Award.
1B Natsuki Ikeda of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the NPB JPL Rookie of the Month Award.
CL Wuilliam Hernandez of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the NPB JCL Rookie of the Month Award.
Thursday, August 28th , 2025
Saitama Seibu Lions: Hiroshi Oi hits for the CYCLE, going 4-4 against the Chiba Lotte Marines, with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.
Monday, August 25th , 2025
3B Hayato Sakamoto of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
RF Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Wednesday, August 20th , 2025
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Hiromi Ito pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles with 6 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed!
Tuesday, August 19th , 2025
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: Seiya Suzuki launches his 300th career home run!
Monday, August 18th , 2025
2B Shuta Tonosaki of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
LF Mike Gerber of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Thursday, August 14th , 2025
Hanshin Tigers: Fomio Ito goes 5-5 against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, with 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 2 R.
Monday, August 11th , 2025
1B Kevin Cron of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
3B Hideto Asamura of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Monday, August 4th , 2025
1B Kenta Takeda of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
SS Yuya Nirasawa of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Friday, August 1st , 2025
1B Sho Nakata of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the NPB JPL Batter of the Month Award.
3B Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Wins the NPB JCL Batter of the Month Award.
SP Takinori Watanabe of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the NPB JPL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Katsuki Azuma of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the NPB JCL Pitcher of the Month Award.
RP Mitsuru Kubota of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the NPB JPL Rookie of the Month Award.
RF Dan Onodera of the Hanshin Tigers honored: Wins the NPB JCL Rookie of the Month Award.
Monday, July 28th , 2025
RF Mel Rojas Jr. of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
C Shosei Nakamura of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Sunday, July 27th , 2025
Pacific League All-Star Game Selections announced:
SP Kota Futaki (CHIB) - 8-4, 2.65 ERA, 115.2 IP, 1.05 WHIP, 6.9 K/9, 2.0 WAR
SP Yusei Kikuchi (SB) - 6-7, 2.82 ERA, 105.1 IP, 1.17 WHIP, 8.4 K/9, 1.9 WAR
SP Kotaro Otake (SB) - 5-4, 2.33 ERA, 92.2 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 6.7 K/9, 1.6 WAR
SP Roki Sasaki (CHIB) - 5-7, 2.63 ERA, 119.2 IP, 1.38 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, 1.6 WAR
SP Shunsuke Sato (HOKK) - 5-7, 2.83 ERA, 111.1 IP, 1.32 WHIP, 8.6 K/9, 2.4 WAR
SP Takinori Watanabe (CHIB) - 5-5, 2.69 ERA, 120.2 IP, 1.30 WHIP, 10.4 K/9, 2.9 WAR
SP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (ORI) - 9-6, 2.88 ERA, 128.1 IP, 1.34 WHIP, 8.7 K/9, 2.6 WAR
RP Sukejuro Ihara (SEIB) - 0-2, 3.26 ERA, 60.2 IP, 1.29 WHIP, 7.3 K/9, 0.1 WAR
CL Hiromi Hayashi (SB) - 3-3, 25 SV, 1.65 ERA, 43.2 IP, 0.98 WHIP, 14.6 K/9, 1.1 WAR
CL Yuito Mori (CHIB) - 3-2, 16 SV, 1.93 ERA, 37.1 IP, 1.23 WHIP, 7.2 K/9, 0.5 WAR
CL Takahiro Nishimura (ORI) - 0-3, 17 SV, 3.25 ERA, 36.0 IP, 1.19 WHIP, 12.2 K/9, 1.1 WAR
CL Ryota Tanouye (RAKU) - 4-5, 23 SV, 3.32 ERA, 43.1 IP, 1.36 WHIP, 12.9 K/9, 0.8 WAR
C Yudai Furukawa (HOKK) - .245/.320/.349, 241 AB, 2 HR, 97 wRC+, 1.2 WAR
C Takuma Nakagawa (ORI) - .211/.303/.330, 209 AB, 5 HR, 89 wRC+, 1.1 WAR
C Takashi Umino (SB) - .283/.361/.406, 106 AB, 2 HR, 129 wRC+, 0.7 WAR
1B Brett Kinneman (RAKU) - .273/.384/.429, 289 AB, 11 HR, 1 SB, 144 wRC+, 1.6 WAR
1B Kenta Takeda (ORI) - .238/.317/.438, 345 AB, 13 HR, 3 SB, 123 wRC+, 2.1 WAR
2B Fumiya Kurokawa (RAKU) - .267/.379/.426, 329 AB, 9 HR, 1 SB, 141 wRC+, 3.2 WAR
2B Kakuya Matsumoto (SB) - .218/.352/.430, 316 AB, 15 HR, 8 SB, 138 wRC+, 5.0 WAR
3B Daiju Nomura (SB) - .276/.352/.433, 344 AB, 8 HR, 1 SB, 136 wRC+, 2.2 WAR
SS Yutaka Fukumoto (RAKU) - .207/.318/.380, 305 AB, 12 HR, 4 SB, 109 wRC+, 2.2 WAR
SS Sosuke Genda (SEIB) - .311/.349/.427, 370 AB, 4 HR, 2 SB, 129 wRC+, 4.7 WAR
LF Shokichi Kawai (SB) - .314/.368/.458, 312 AB, 6 HR, 7 SB, 148 wRC+, 3.2 WAR
LF Masataka Yoshida (ORI) - .310/.397/.545, 345 AB, 18 HR, 183 wRC+, 4.0 WAR
CF Kyota Fujiwara (CHIB) - .267/.337/.403, 375 AB, 9 HR, 9 SB, 118 wRC+, 3.5 WAR
CF Yoshiyasu Sasagawa (SB) - .249/.332/.476, 317 AB, 16 HR, 137 wRC+, 2.6 WAR
CF Ryosuke Tatsumi (RAKU) - .234/.339/.365, 312 AB, 7 HR, 6 SB, 112 wRC+, 3.2 WAR
RF Tadashi Kobayashi (HOKK) - .241/.338/.447, 237 AB, 12 HR, 3 SB, 139 wRC+, 2.3 WAR
RF Yuki Yanagita (SB) - .254/.375/.382, 338 AB, 10 HR, 2 SB, 131 wRC+, 2.6 WAR
Central League All-Star Game Selections announced:
SP Makoto Aduwa (HIRO) - 6-7, 2.62 ERA, 106.1 IP, 1.23 WHIP, 7.3 K/9, 1.5 WAR
SP Yutaka Arakaki (YAK) - 8-7, 2.70 ERA, 116.2 IP, 1.15 WHIP, 8.4 K/9, 3.5 WAR
SP Masashi Ito (HAN) - 5-3, 2.09 ERA, 82.0 IP, 1.12 WHIP, 6.8 K/9, 1.3 WAR
SP Aren Kuri (HIRO) - 7-4, 2.94 ERA, 110.1 IP, 1.20 WHIP, 6.7 K/9, 1.6 WAR
SP Ryunosuke Matsumoto (YOKO) - 9-6, 2.97 ERA, 121.1 IP, 1.15 WHIP, 10.5 K/9, 1.6 WAR
SP Kenji Shimada (YOKO) - 11-4, 2.84 ERA, 111.0 IP, 1.02 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, 2.6 WAR
SP Kentaro Taira (YOKO) - 7-6, 3.18 ERA, 113.1 IP, 1.24 WHIP, 7.5 K/9, 3.0 WAR
RP Kazuto Taguchi (YOKO) - 3-0, 1.74 ERA, 41.1 IP, 0.82 WHIP, 7.2 K/9, 0.9 WAR
CL Rubby De La Rosa (HIRO) - 2-2, 30 SV, 2.31 ERA, 39.0 IP, 1.05 WHIP, 10.2 K/9, 0.8 WAR
CL Yuto Furuya (CHUN) - 3-4, 21 SV, 2.25 ERA, 40.0 IP, 1.25 WHIP, 14.4 K/9, 0.2 WAR
CL Yuki Matsui (YAK) - 7-6, 23 SV, 2.61 ERA, 41.1 IP, 1.11 WHIP, 11.3 K/9, 0.8 WAR
CL Kosuke Sakaguchi (YOKO) - 2-3, 17 SV, 2.91 ERA, 34.0 IP, 1.41 WHIP, 11.9 K/9, 0.9 WAR
C Matt Duce (HAN) - .242/.365/.329, 277 AB, 2 HR, 1 SB, 112 wRC+, 2.3 WAR
C Tetsu Hagiwara (YOM) - .236/.305/.343, 233 AB, 6 HR, 90 wRC+, 0.5 WAR
C Shosei Nakamura (HIRO) - .261/.325/.369, 249 AB, 5 HR, 2 SB, 105 wRC+, 1.6 WAR
1B Kazuma Okamoto (YOM) - .284/.379/.429, 366 AB, 10 HR, 4 SB, 144 wRC+, 3.4 WAR
1B Teruaki Sato (HAN) - .223/.331/.444, 376 AB, 21 HR, 1 SB, 133 wRC+, 2.3 WAR
2B Naoto Chino (YOKO) - .264/.385/.358, 363 AB, 3 HR, 13 SB, 127 wRC+, 4.5 WAR
2B Naoki Yoshikawa (YOM) - .268/.348/.356, 340 AB, 3 HR, 109 wRC+, 3.5 WAR
3B Hideto Asamura (YOKO) - .244/.341/.416, 361 AB, 14 HR, 2 SB, 129 wRC+, 3.7 WAR
3B Takaya Ishikawa (CHUN) - .257/.368/.454, 346 AB, 18 HR, 150 wRC+, 3.3 WAR
3B Fomio Ito (HAN) - .287/.318/.361, 421 AB, 3 HR, 102 wRC+, 3.2 WAR
3B Munetaka Murakami (YAK) - .255/.411/.456, 329 AB, 18 HR, 2 SB, 165 wRC+, 4.3 WAR
SS Jose Pastrano (HAN) - .239/.366/.348, 305 AB, 8 HR, 4 SB, 122 wRC+, 3.1 WAR
LF Mike Gerber (CHUN) - .288/.356/.541, 344 AB, 20 HR, 2 SB, 171 wRC+, 3.6 WAR
LF Brian O'Grady (YOM) - .269/.371/.469, 320 AB, 16 HR, 3 SB, 154 wRC+, 3.5 WAR
CF Yoshihiro Maru (YOM) - .259/.361/.467, 351 AB, 20 HR, 1 SB, 149 wRC+, 2.4 WAR
CF Noboru Otake (HIRO) - .274/.301/.366, 402 AB, 3 HR, 16 SB, 93 wRC+, 3.2 WAR
RF Seiya Suzuki (HIRO) - .309/.424/.538, 353 AB, 20 HR, 3 SB, 188 wRC+, 6.2 WAR
Saturday, July 26th , 2025
Yomiuri Giants: Put Brian O'Grady on the trading block.
Friday, July 25th , 2025
Chunichi Dragons: Put Hiroto Fuku on the trading block.
Wednesday, July 23rd , 2025
Chiba Lotte Marines: Takinori Watanabe pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Saitama Seibu Lions with 10 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed!
Monday, July 21st , 2025
1B Sho Nakata of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
RF Seiya Hosokawa of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Yusei Kikuchi pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Chiba Lotte Marines with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Ryunosuke Matsumoto pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Chunichi Dragons with 11 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
Thursday, July 17th , 2025
Yomiuri Giants: Put Cristopher Crisostomo Mercedes on the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Put Geronimo Franzua on the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Put Ryo Akiyoshi on the trading block.
Yomiuri Giants: Put Yuki Nishi on the trading block.
Wednesday, July 16th , 2025
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: Put Rubby De La Rosa on the trading block.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: Put Jose Osuna on the trading block.
Tuesday, July 15th , 2025
Yomiuri Giants: Brian O'Grady was suspended 4 games after ejection following a brawl.
Hanshin Tigers: Ippei Ogawa was suspended 9 games after ejection following a brawl.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Atsuki Taneichi pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Saitama Seibu Lions with 8 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
Monday, July 14th , 2025
1B Sho Nakata of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
3B Hideto Asamura of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Mike Gerber on the trading block.
Saturday, July 12th , 2025
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Put Kentaro Taira on the trading block.
Friday, July 11th , 2025
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Put Taisho Tamai on the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Franklyn Kilome on the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Sosuke Genda on the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Hayato Sakamoto on the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Kona Takahashi on the trading block.
Saitama Seibu Lions: Put Haruhiro Hamaguchi on the trading block.
Orix Buffaloes: Put Ryosuke Moriwaki on the trading block.
Orix Buffaloes: Put Yuta Kuroki on the trading block.
Orix Buffaloes: Put Yudai Aranishi on the trading block.
Orix Buffaloes: Put Takahiro Nishimura on the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Joely Rodriguez on the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Steven Wilson on the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Koji Fukutani on the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Put Hiroto Fuku on the trading block.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Put Kazuki Kamizato on the trading block.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Put Kazuto Taguchi on the trading block.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Put Takayuki Kato on the trading block.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Put Robert Suarez on the trading block.
Wednesday, July 9th , 2025
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Put Toshihiro Sugiura on the trading block.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Put Kevin Shackelford on the trading block.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Put Nicky Delmonico on the trading block.
Monday, July 7th , 2025
1B Yoshiyuki Kawashima of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
1B Masami Ishigaki of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Sunday, July 6th , 2025
Chiba Lotte Marines: Yoshiyuki Kawashima goes 5-5 against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, with 3 RBI and 0 R.
Friday, July 4th , 2025
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Removed Taisho Tamai from the trading block.
Wednesday, July 2nd , 2025
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Put Yuki Yanagita on the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Put Jake Faria on the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Put Kotaro Otake on the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Put Kevin Cron on the trading block.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Put Taisho Tamai on the trading block.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: Put Yuki Matsui on the trading block.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: Put Oscar De La Cruz on the trading block.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: Put Katsuki Matayoshi on the trading block.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows: Put Yuki Kuniyoshi on the trading block.
Tuesday, July 1st , 2025
2B Kakuya Matsumoto of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the NPB JPL Batter of the Month Award.
LF Brian O'Grady of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the NPB JCL Batter of the Month Award.
SP Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Wins the NPB JPL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Yasunobu Okugawa of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Wins the NPB JCL Pitcher of the Month Award.
1B Michael Suarez of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the NPB JPL Rookie of the Month Award.
3B Ulbrecht Knapp of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Rookie of the Month Award.
Monday, June 30th , 2025
RF Yuki Yanagita of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
LF Brian O'Grady of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Saturday, June 28th , 2025
Chiba Lotte Marines: Put Yuito Mori on the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Put Wander Suero on the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Put Yukiya Saito on the trading block.
Chiba Lotte Marines: Put Mel Rojas Jr. on the trading block.
Friday, June 27th , 2025
Orix Buffaloes: Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Chiba Lotte Marines with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
Tuesday, June 24th , 2025
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Put Seiya Inoue on the trading block.
Monday, June 23rd , 2025
1B Jinkichi Yagi of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
3B Takaya Ishikawa of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Sunday, June 22nd , 2025
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Kenta Kozono pitches a NO-HITTER against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles with 12 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
Thursday, June 19th , 2025
Hanshin Tigers: Put Luke Leftwich on the trading block.
Hanshin Tigers: Put Bryan Rodriguez on the trading block.
Hanshin Tigers: Put Wataru Karashima on the trading block.
Monday, June 16th , 2025
3B Daiju Nomura of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
LF Brian O'Grady of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Friday, June 13th , 2025
Saitama Seibu Lions: Syota Hamaya pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
Monday, June 9th , 2025
2B Kakuya Matsumoto of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
3B Taishi Hirooka of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Monday, June 2nd , 2025
3B Kiyoharu Sawano of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
LF Brian O'Grady of the Yomiuri Giants honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Sunday, June 1st , 2025
LF Masataka Yoshida of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Wins the NPB JPL Batter of the Month Award.
RF Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Batter of the Month Award.
CL Naoya Ishikawa of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the NPB JPL Pitcher of the Month Award.
CL Yuki Matsui of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows honored: Wins the NPB JCL Pitcher of the Month Award.
CF Natsuki Ikeda of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the NPB JPL Rookie of the Month Award.
SP Hiroyasu Tanaka of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Rookie of the Month Award.
Wednesday, May 28th , 2025
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have announced that they set their team focus from 'Neutral' to 'Win Now!'
Tuesday, May 27th , 2025
Orix Buffaloes: Put Masataka Yoshida on the trading block.
Monday, May 26th , 2025
RF Ryosuke Nishikawa of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
RF Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Monday, May 19th , 2025
LF Masataka Yoshida of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
LF Mike Gerber of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Monday, May 12th , 2025
SS Yutaka Fukumoto of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
SP Hiroto Takahashi of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Tuesday, May 6th , 2025
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: Shokichi Kawai goes 5-6 against the Orix Buffaloes, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI and 2 R.
Monday, May 5th , 2025
1B Brett Kinneman of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
1B Teruaki Sato of the Hanshin Tigers honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Thursday, May 1st , 2025
LF Masataka Yoshida of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Wins the NPB JPL Batter of the Month Award.
RF Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Batter of the Month Award.
SP Sho Ito of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Wins the NPB JPL Pitcher of the Month Award.
CL Rubby De La Rosa of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Pitcher of the Month Award.
1B Natsuki Ikeda of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters honored: Wins the NPB JPL Rookie of the Month Award.
SP Hiroyasu Tanaka of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Rookie of the Month Award.
Monday, April 28th , 2025
C Tomoya Mori of the Saitama Seibu Lions honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
RF Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Thursday, April 24th , 2025
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Seiya Hosokawa got suspended 3 games after ejection following arguing a strike call.
Tuesday, April 22nd , 2025
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Hideto Asamura gets his 2000th career hit!
Monday, April 21st , 2025
CF Yoshiyasu Sasagawa of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
LF Mike Gerber of the Chunichi Dragons honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Monday, April 14th , 2025
LF Masataka Yoshida of the Orix Buffaloes honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
RF Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Friday, April 11th , 2025
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Takumi Oshiro got suspended 4 games after ejection following arguing a strike call.
Monday, April 7th , 2025
CF Kyota Fujiwara of the Chiba Lotte Marines honored: Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
RF Ryo Takata of the Hanshin Tigers honored: Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
Tuesday, March 25th , 2025
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Removed Toshihiro Sugiura from the trading block.
Thursday, March 13th , 2025
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Removed Kevin Shackelford from the trading block.
Thursday, March 6th , 2025
Orix Buffaloes: Removed Yudai Aranishi from the trading block.
Wednesday, February 19th , 2025
Yokohama DeNA BayStars: Removed Kazuki Kamizato from the trading block.
Sunday, February 16th , 2025
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: Removed Tyrone Taylor from the trading block.
Friday, February 14th , 2025
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Mike Gerber from the trading block.
Friday, February 7th , 2025
Orix Buffaloes: Removed Masataka Yoshida from the trading block.
Thursday, February 6th , 2025
Chunichi Dragons: Put Yudai Ono on the trading block.
Monday, February 3rd , 2025
Hanshin Tigers: Removed Bryan Rodriguez from the trading block.
Sunday, February 2nd , 2025
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: Removed Jose Osuna from the trading block.
Wednesday, January 29th , 2025
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Hiroto Fuku from the trading block.
Sunday, January 26th , 2025
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Koji Fukutani from the trading block.
Chunichi Dragons: Removed Yudai Ono from the trading block.
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