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Yokohama Bay Stars: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.17, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
00 P Fujii, Shugo Player Compensation Yomiuri
24 P Hayashi, Masanori Free Agent Nippon Ham
28 P Kitagata, Yujo Draft 1st Round  
30 P Kikuchi, Kazumasa Free Agent Nippon Ham
61 P Alvarado, Giancarlo Free Agent Hiroshima
64 P Komura, Toru Draft 8th Round  
67 P Ito, Takuro Draft 9th Round  
68 P Samura, Travis Mikihisa Draft 6th Round  
10 C Tsuruoka, Kazunari Free Agent Yomiuri
32 C Takajo, Shuto Draft 2nd Round  
37 INF Kuwahara, Masayuki Draft 4th Round  
40 INF Matsui, Hyuma Draft 7th Round  
44 INF Watanabe, Yuki Draft 3rd Round  
55 INF Goto, Taketoshi Trade Seibu
3 OF Ramirez, Alex Free Agent Yomiuri
8 OF Koike, Masaaki Free Agent Chunichi
33 OF Otosaka, Tomo Draft 5th Round  
111 P Tomita, Kosuke Draft Ikusei 1st Round  
112 C Nishimori, Masashi Draft Ikusei 2nd Round  

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
24 P Leach, Brent Los Angeles Dodgers
28 P Hata, Yuji Hopes to continue playing
30 P Sanada, Hiroki Hopes to play in US
32 P Gonzalez, Luis Return to US
44 P Oka, Tomokazu Hopes to continue playing
56 P Sugihara, Yo Hopes to continue playing
64 P Matsuyama, Suguru Ishikawa (Independent League)
68 P Randolph, Stephen Return to US
33 C Hashimoto, Tasuku Ehime (Independent League)
61 C Takeyama, Shingo Trade (Seibu)
00 INF Inada, Naoto Rakuten
25 INF Murata, Shuichi Yomiuri
42 INF Harper, Brett Return to US
55 INF Kida, Go Tokushima Coach (Ind League)
3 OF Sledge, Terrmel Nippon Ham
37 OF Hayakawa, Daisuke Orix staff
40 OF Kuwahara, Yoshiyuki Yokohama staff
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Hiroshima Carp: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.16, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
19 P Nomura, Yusuke Draft 1st Round  
53 P Toda, Takaya Draft 3rd Round  
57 P Mickolio, Kam New Foreigner  
33 INF Kikuchi, Ryosuke Draft 2nd Round  
43 OF Habu, Shohei Draft 4th Round  
70 OF Stavinoha, Nick New Foreigner  
123 P Tominaga, Hajime Draft Ikusei 1st Round  
129 P Tsukada, Kohei Draft Ikusei 3rd Round  
127 OF Nakamura, Masataka Draft Ikusei 2nd Round  
130 OF Mike, Kazuma Draft Ikusei 4th Round  

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
33 P Toyoda, Kiyoshi Yomiuri coach
53 P Hayashi, Masaki Hiroshima staff
54 P Miyazaki, Michito  
57 P Kawaguchi, Taketo Oji Seishi (Indus League)
70 P Schultz, Mike Return to US
91 P Alvarado, Giancarlo Yokohama
99 P Soriano, Dioni Hopes to continue playing
43 INF Tracy, Chad Washington Nationals
123 P Matsuda, Shota Ishikawa (Independent League)
140 P Guerrero, Wilfreiser Hopes to continue playing

Note: Does not include Shigenobu Shima to Seibu for Hirotaka Egusa trade.

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Hanshin Tigers: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.15, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
17 P Ito, Kazuo Draft 4th Round  
26 P Saiuchi, Hiroaki Draft 2nd Round  
56 P Matsuda, Ryoma Draft 5th Round  
65 P Matsuzaki, Shingo Trade Rakuten
33 INF Nishida, Naoto Draft 3rd Round  
51 OF Ito, Hayata Draft 1st Round  
128 C Hirokami, Seiya Draft Ikusei 1st Round  

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
17 P Sugiyama, Naohisa Toyama (Independent League)
42 P Shimoyanagi, Tsuyoshi Rakuten
47 P Uezono, Keiji Trade (Rakuten)
56 P Abe, Kenta Yakult
79 P Sajikihara, Masashi Seibu
33 OF Katsuragi, Ikuro Hopes to continue playing
51 OF Sakurai, Kodai Kagawa (Independent League)
123 P Takada, Shuhei Shinano (Independent League)
120 INF Tanaka, Shintaro Hopes to continue playing
128 INF Vechionacci, Marcos Return to US
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Yomiuri Giants: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.14, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
18 P Sugiuchi, Toshiya Free Agent Softbank
20 P Mathieson, Scott New foreigner  
41 P Matsumoto, Ryuya Draft 1st Round  
46 P Ichioka, Ryuji Draft 3rd Round  
54 P Houlton, D.J. Free Agent Softbank
57 P Takagi, Kyosuke Draft 4th Round  
62 P Egarashi, Yuki Draft 6th Round  
63 P Tahara, Seiji Draft 7th Round  
65 P Imamura, Nobutaka Draft 2nd Round  
44 C Nakatani, Jin Free Agent Rakuten
25 INF Murata, Shuichi Free Agent Yokohama
33 INF Ishii, Yoshihito Free Agent Seibu
53 INF Takaguchi, Takayuki Player Compensation Lotte
67 INF Takahashi, Ko Draft 5th Round  
36 OF Bowker, John New foreigner  
015 P Mori, Kazuki Draft Ikusei 1st Round  
018 P Tsuchida, Mizuki Draft Ikusei 2nd Round  
019 P Shibata, Shogo Draft Ikusei 3rd Round  
021 P Amemiya, Takashi Draft Ikusei 5th Round  
022 P Watanabe, Takahiro Draft Ikusei 6th Round  
006 C Yoshikawa, Chikara Draft Ikusei 4th Round  
008 OF Kobayashi, Takaya Free Agent Chunichi

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
20 P Bannister, Brian Retirement
29 P Greisinger, Seth Lotte
36 P Nakamura, Micheal Seibu
41 P Albaladejo, Jonathan Arizona Diamondbacks
42 P Torres, Carlos Colorado Rockies
62 P Ueno, Takahisa NTT Higashi (Indus League)
63 P Nakazato, Atsushi Yomiuri staff
97 P Huang, Chih-Lung CPBL (Uni-President)
99 P Fujii, Shugo Player Compensation (Yokohama)
43 C Tsuruoka, Kazunari Yokohama
25 INF Fields, Josh Los Angeles Dodgers
31 INF Takahashi, Shinji Orix
33 INF Ryal, Rusty Arizona Diamondbacks
0 OF Omura, Saburo Lotte
5 OF Ramirez, Alex Yokohama
44 OF Konta, Toshimasa Nippon Ham
011 P Kimura, Shota Yomiuri staff
013 P Kanda, Naoki  
014 P Sugiyama, Akinori Retirement
015 P Bito, Ryuichi  
018 P Lee, Yu-Hung  
019 P Fukuizumi, Keita Fukui (Independent League)
022 P Bright, Adam  
021 C Yachida, Atsushi  
001 INF Momiyama, Yukinori Yomiuri staff
006 INF Kawaguchi, Hiroto  
023 INF Doi, Kenta Yomiuri bullpen catcher
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Yakult Swallows: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.13, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
13 P Ota, Yuya Draft 4th Round  
16 P Kiya, Ryohei Draft 2nd Round  
38 P Nakane, Yuji Draft 5th Round  
40 P Furuno, Masato Draft 6th Round  
53 P Roman, Orlando New foreigner  
58 P Abe, Kenta Free Agent Hanshin
61 P Shoda, Itsuki Free Agent Niigata (BCL)
62 P Kinoshita, Tatsuo Free Agent Chunichi
36 INF Kawakami, Ryuhei Draft 1st Round  
32 INF Mizuta, Keisuke Free Agent Chunichi
0 OF Hiyane, Wataru Draft 3rd Round  
56 OF Kusuki, Yusuke Trade Rakuten
85 OF Milledge, Lastings New foreigner  
115 P Tokuyama, Takeaki Draft Ikusei 1st Round  
119 P Kanabushi, Hugo Draft Ikusei 2nd Round  

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
13 P Sato, Masaru Yakult BP pitcher
17 P Kawashima, Ryo Trade (Rakuten)
35 P Hashimoto, Yoshitaka Trade (Rakuten)
46 P Okamoto, Naoya  
54 P Takaichi, Shun Nippon Ham BP pitcher
58 P Takagi, Hiromitsu Hopes to continue playing
61 P Ishii, Hirotoshi Yakult coach
62 P Yoshikawa, Masahiro Hopes to continue playing
38 C Kinugawa, Atsushi Yakult staff
40 INF Yoshimoto, Ryo Softbank staff
53 INF Whitesell, Josh Lotte
0 OF Hamanaka, Osamu Retirement
1 OF Aoki, Norichika Milwaukee Brewers (posting)
5 OF Guiel, Aaron Kansa City Royal ML coach
56 OF Nakao, Toshihiro Retirement
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Chunichi Dragons: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.12, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
11 P Kawakami, Kenshin Return to NPB Atlanta Braves
32 P Nishikawa, Kentaro Draft 2nd Round  
35 P Tsuji, Takehiko Draft 4th Round  
45 P Tajima, Shinji Draft 3rd Round  
51 P Kawasaki, Takahiro Draft 5th Round  
60 P Son, Sang-Hoon Draft 6th Round  
65 P Sosa, Jorge New foreigner  
7 INF Yamasaki, Takeshi Free Agent Rakuten
31 INF Takahashi, Shuhei Draft 1st Round  

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
21 P Chen, Wei-Ying Baltimore Orioles
60 P Kawahara, Junichi Ehime (Independent League)
68 P Nagamine, Shoji Orix
97 P Kinoshita, Tatsuo Yakult
65 C Oyama, Keiji Trade (Rakuten)
7 INF Saeki, Takahiro  
32 INF Mizuta, Keisuke Yakult
48 INF Carrasco, Felix Hopes to continue playing
31 OF Nakagawa, Hiroki Chunichi staff
44 OF Koike, Masaaki Yokohama
45 OF Guzman, Joel Cincinnati Reds
51 OF Nakamura, Issei Orix
214 P Jesus, Candido Hopes to continue playing
211 OF Kobayashi, Takaya Yomiuri (Ikusei)
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Chiba Lotte Marines: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.11, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
16 P Nakaushiro, Yuhei Draft 2nd Round  
18 P Fujioka, Takahiro Draft 1st Round  
46 P Greisinger, Seth Free Agent Yomiuri
52 P Masuda, Naoya Draft 4th Round  
35 INF Suzuki, Daichi Draft 3rd Round  
64 INF Whitesell, Josh Free Agent Yakult
3 OF Omura, Saburo Free Agent Yomiuri

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
16 P McCrory, Bob Right shoulder rehab
35 P Tsuboi, Toshiki Hopes to continue playing
46 P Kawagoe, Hidetaka Lotte coach
47 P Nasuno, Takumi  
69 P Murphy, Bill Toronto Blue Jays
64 C Miyamoto, Hiroshi  
25 INF Castillo, Jose Return to US
36 INF Takaguchi, Takayuki Player Compensation (Yomiuri)
52 INF Kim, Tae-Kyun KBO (Hanwha)
70 INF Sadaoka, Takuma Rakuten
122 P Lin, Yen-Feng CPBL (Sinon)
133 INF Yoshida, Masashi All Ashikaga Club (Indus League)
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Rakuten Eagles: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.10, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
21 P Kamata, Yoshinao Draft 2nd Round  
34 P Muto, Yoshitaka Draft 1st Round  
38 P Hashimoto, Yoshitaka Trade Yakult
47 P Uezono, Keiji Trade Hanshin
54 P Kato, Daisuke Free Agent Orix
61 P Kawashima, Ryo Trade Yakult
91 P Shimoyanagi, Tsuyoshi Free Agent Hanshin
27 C Okajima, Takero Draft 4th Round  
65 C Oyama, Keiji Trade Chunichi
0 INF Inada, Naoto Free Agent Yokohama
2 INF Miyoshi, Takumi Draft 3rd Round  
3 INF Fernandez, Jose Free Agent Seibu
43 INF Kosai, Yusuke Trade Softbank
62 INF Sadaoka, Takuma Free Agent Lotte
35 OF Shimauchi, Hiroaki Draft 6th Round  
44 OF Terrero, Luis New foreigner  
63 OF Kitagawa, Rintaro Draft 5th Round  
133 OF Jimbo, Takahiro Draft Ikusei 1st Round  

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
21 P Iwakuma, Hisashi Seattle Mariners
34 P Kamada, Yuya CPBL (Uni-Pres)
43 P Terada, Ryuhei Retirement
47 P Matsuzaki, Shingo Trade (Hanshin)
50 P Morillo, Juan Return to US
53 P Ishida, Takashi Retirement
54 P Kitani, Hisashi Retirement
61 P Okamoto, Shinya Retirement
62 P Togano, Masafumi Yomiuri BP pitcher
64 P Speier, Ryan Return to the US
65 P Matsumoto, Akira Softbank BP pitcher
74 P Sanchez, Romulo Tampa Bay Rays
99 P Kim, Byung-Hyun KBO (Nexen)
44 C Nakatani, Jin Yomiuri
3 INF Ruiz, Randy Return to the US
6 INF Shiokawa, Tatsuya Rakuten staff
7 INF Yamasaki, Takeshi Chunichi
35 INF Ohiro, Shoji Rakuten staff
98 INF Morita, Jobu Panasonic (Indus League)
33 OF Hiraishi, Yosuke Rakuten coach
38 OF Kusuki, Yusuke Trade (Yakult)
126 P Sato, Mitsuru Chunichi staff
121 INF Matsui, Koji Toyama (Independent League)
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Orix Buffaloes: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.09, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
00 P Hsu, Ming-Chieh Free Agent Seibu
15 P Sato, Tatsuya Draft 3rd Round  
47 P Kaida, Tomoyuki Draft 4th Round  
54 P Takahashi, Hideaki Trade Softbank
69 P Nagamine, Shoji Free Agent Chunichi
99 P Baek, Cha-Seung New foreigner  
49 C Shoji, Ryuji Draft 5th Round  
3 INF Adachi, Ryoichi Draft 1st Round  
6 INF Takahashi, Shinji Free Agent Yomiuri
25 INF Lee, Dae-Ho New foreigner  
33 INF Shimada, Takuya Draft 2nd Round  
38 INF Kojima, Shuhei Draft 7th Round  
62 INF Tsutsumi, Yuki Draft 6th Round  
46 OF Kawabata, Takayoshi Draft 8th Round  
63 OF Nakamura, Issei Free Agent Chunichi
119 INF Kakihara, Shoki Draft Ikusei 2nd Round  
118 OF Inakura, Daiki Draft Ikusei 1st Round  

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
15 P Kato, Daisuke Rakuten
25 P Hasegawa, Masayuki Retirement
34 P Kobayashi, Masahide Orix coach
46 P Kojima, Shinjiro Orix BP pitcher
61 P Park, Chan-Ho KBO (Hanwha)
99 P Kajimoto, Tatsuya Hopes to continue playing
22 C Maeda, Daisuke Orix advance scout
3 INF Lee, Seung-Yeop KBO (Samsung)
5 INF Hessman, Mike Houston Astros
6 INF Kaneko, Keisuke Trade (Softbank)
38 INF Takashima, Tsuyoshi Hopes to continue playing
00 OF Tsuboi, Tomochika Hopes to continue playing
33 OF Taguchi, So Hopes to continue playing
36 OF Shimoyama, Shinji Orix coach
91 OF Caraballo, Francisco Hopes to continue playing
118 P Matos, Wilson Hopes to continue playing
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Seibu Lions: 2012 Additions / Subtractions

by on Mar.08, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
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Additions

# Pos Name Method Prev Team
21 P Togame, Ken Draft 1st Round  
23 P Nakamura, Micheal Free Agent Yomiuri
29 P Koishi, Hirotaka Draft 2nd Round  
43 P Sajikihara, Masashi Free Agent Hanshin
50 P Gonzalez, Enrique New foreigner  
54 P Williams, Randy New foreigner  
52 C Takeyama, Shingo Trade Yokohama
2 INF Carter, Chris New foreigner  
6 INF German, Esteban New foreigner  
59 INF Nagae, Kyohei Draft 4th Round  
61 OF Tashiro, Shotaro Draft 5th Round  
62 OF Komazuki, Hitoto Draft 3rd Round  
122 C Fujisawa, Komei Draft Ikusei 1st Round  

Subtractions

# Pos Player 2012
23 P Hsu, Ming-Chieh Orix
25 P Iwasaki, Tetsuya Hopes to continue playing
29 P Yamazaki, Satoshi Gunma Coach (Ind League)
47 P Hoashi, Kazuyuki Softbank
50 P Sikorski, Brian  
54 P Graman, Alex  
62 P Zhu, Da-Wei Hopes to continue playing
22 C Noda, Kosuke Seibu staff
5 INF Ishii, Yoshihito Yomiuri
6 INF Goto, Taketoshi Trade (Yokohama)
52 INF Fernandez, Jose Rakuten
24 OF Mulhern, Ryan Return to US
42 OF Brown, Dee Return to US
46 OF Sato, Takahiko Italy

Note: Does not include Hirotaka Egusa to Hiroshima for Shigenobu Shima trade.

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