Sho Nakata hurt his right leg during a practice game against the NC Dinos (KBO) on February 11. He was examined at a hospital on the same day and diagnosed with a strain in his right adductor. It might be about three weeks until he is ready to play in games again.
Source: Sponichi 2/13/2019, Nikkan Sports 2/13/2019, Daily Sports 1/13/2019, Tokyo Sports 1/13/2019
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2019
February 2 – The Nippon Ham Fighters announced that Hancock’s wife gave birth to the couple’s first child, a girl weighing 2,665 grams, at a hospital in Indiana on January 31 (US time).
Source: Daily Sports 2/2/2019, Sponichi 2/2/2019, Nikkan Sports 2/2/2019, Sports Hochi 2/2/2019
0 CommentsThe Nippon Ham Fighters announced that Yushi Shimizu had surgery to treat a lumbar herniated disc and to remove a cyst at a hospital in Tokushima. He will most likely require about three months for a full recovery.
Source: Nippon Ham 1/23/2019, Nikkan Sports 1/23/2019, Sanspo 1/23/2019, Sponichi 1/23/2019
0 CommentsThe Nippon Ham Fighters announced the following uniform number assignments:
Source: Nippon Ham 12/27/2018
0 CommentsThirty-seven-year-old Kensuke Tanaka spoke to the media today after meeting the Nippon Ham Fighters to finalize his contract for the 2019 season and announced his plan to retire after the season. He told reporters that he decided to make the announcement early because he wanted to make it easier on everyone. The Fighters asked him to reconsider because he might feel differently later on, but his mind was set: there was a growing gap between what he thought he could do and what he could actually do.
Source: Nippon Ham 12/25/2018, Nikkan Sports 12/25/2018, Daily Sports 12/25/2018
0 CommentsThe Nippon Ham Fighters announced that they signed twenty-six-year-old Johnny Barbato to a contract.
Source: Nippon Ham 12/20/2018
[UPDATE 12/21 @ 11:26am]
According to at least two media reports, Barbato agreed to a one-year deal worth an estimated seventy million yen.
Source: Daily Sports 12/21/2018, Nikkan Sports 12/21/2018
0 CommentsAccording to a report by Sponichi, the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon Ham Fighters will play exhibition games games against the Seattle Marines and Oakland Athletics next year before the MLB’s Opening Series at Tokyo Dome.
Exhibition Games at Tokyo Dome
Source: Sponichi 12/20/2018, Sponichi 12/20/2018
0 CommentsThe Nippon Ham Fighters announced that they signed Nick Martinez to a new contract for the 2019 season. According to media reports, the two agreed to a one-year deal worth an estimated 250 million yen.
Source: Nippon Ham 12/18/2018, Tokyo Sports 12/18/2018, Sponichi 12/18/2018, Daily Sports 12/18/2018
0 CommentsThe Nippon Ham Fighters and Yakult Swallows agreed on a trade. The Fighters will send twenty-seven-year-old Hirotoshi Takanashi and twenty-one-year-old Kengo Ota to the Swallows for twenty-nine-year-old Ryo Akiyoshi and twenty-seven-year-old Ryota Yachi.
Source: Nippon Ham 12/11/2018, Yakult 12/11/2018
[UPDATE 12/18 @ 10:44am]
The Fighters held a press conference for Akiyoshi and Yachi on December 17. They were assigned the uniform numbers 39 and 32, respectively.
Source: Nippon Ham 12/17/2018
[UPDATE 12/19 @ 1:09am]
The Swallows held a press conference for Takanashi and Ota on December 18. Takanashi was assigned the uniform number 14, Ota the number 46.
Source: Yakult 12/18/2018
0 CommentsTwenty-six-year-old Haruki Nishikawa signed a new contract with the Nippon Ham Fighters. He agreed to a two-year deal worth an estimated 400 million yen in total. Nishikawa led the Pacific League in stolen bases for the second year in a row (third overall) and picked up his second Golden Glove in as many years.
Source: Nikkan Sports 12/5/2018, Sponichi 12/5/2018, Daily Sports 12/5/2018, Sanspo 12/5/2018
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