This is a site about Pro Yakyu (Japanese Baseball), not about who the next player to go over to MLB is. It's a community of Pro Yakyu fans who have come together to share their knowledge and opinions with the world. It's a place to follow teams and individuals playing baseball in Japan (and Asia), and to learn about Japanese (and Asian) culture through baseball.
It is my sincere hope that once you learn a bit about what we're about here that you will join the community of contributors.
Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
Central League Pacific League
Along with this list was another listing all of the retiring and otherwise released players:Retiring
Giants: Kawanaka Mototsugu
Hanshin: Nakamura Yutaka
Yokohama: Tsutsumiuchi Takeshi, Inamine Shigeo, Sakumoto Masahiro, Gotoh Shinya, Iida Ryuichiro
Yakult: Furuta Atsuya
Nippon Ham: Tanaka Yukio
SoftBank: Tanoue Keisaburo
Seibu: Ishii Takashi, Kuroda Satoshi
Otherwise Released
Chunichi: Joe Valentine, Franklyn Gracesqui
Hanshin: Esteban Yan
Yokohama: Scott Chiasson, Joselo Diaz
Nippon Ham: Andy Green
Lotte: Matt Watson
Rakuten: Adam Bass, Kevin Witt
Seibu: Jason Johnson, Christopher Gissell
Orix: Dan Serafini, Chad Allen
Now is the time to start speculating which teams will pick up who. Nikkan Sports started off with Oh-kantoku commenting on the possibility of getting Greisinger.