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
Pitchers:
Yuata Iwasada: No. 17
Showa Yamamoto: No. 47
Suguru Iwasaki: No 67
Infielders
Naomasa Yokawa: No 55
Outfielders
Shintaro Yokata: No. 24
Catchers
Ryutara Umeno: No. 44
There have also been some changes to established players numbers; the biggest surprise being the change in Futagamii's number.
Pitchers
Kazuo Futagami will now wear No. 66
Kazuo Itoh will now wear No. 117
Other new or re-signed players have received the following numbers:
Seung Hwan Oh: No. 22
Mauro Gomez: No. 5
Yuji Yoshimi No. 42
Kentaro Hashimoto: No. 110