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
Catchers
Johjima
Yano
Shimizu
Kanoh
Infielders
Toritani
Sekimoto
Uemoto
Hirano
Arai
Yamato
Brazell
Outfielders
Shibata
Kanemoto
Asai
Murton
Hiyama
Lin
Sakurai
Pitching
Watanabe
Kanemura
Nohmi
Fujiwara
Andoh
Sugiyama
Futagami
Shoh
Tsutsui
Iwata
Fujikawa
Egusa
Fukuhara
Kubota
Kubo
Uezono
Shimoyanagi
Nishimura
Messenger
Fossom
There are some differences between this list and the list of pitchers being considered for the rotation but none of this is fixed. Expect the lists to change as players do well in Spring training and the open-sen games. One thing that is disappointing is the inclusion of Yano as a catcher - one would have thought that the coaching role would have been more appropriate for him now. It is also to be hoped that Kojima gets included (preferably in place of Sugiyama).