The Yokohama Bay Stars announced today that they signed Masanori Hayashi (28) and Kazumasa Kikuchi (29).  Both players were released by the Nippon Ham Fighters after the season.

UPDATE 12/13 @ 6:13pm - The Bay Stars held a press conference at their team offices today in order to introduce Hayashi and Kikuchi to the media.

Uniform numbers have not been assigned, but salaries for the 2012 season have been decided: Hayashi will be making 26M yen and Kikuchi 15M yen.