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Kenta Kurihara will likely sit out Sunday's game because of his back.  He is scheduled to travel with the team on a road trip to Okinawa that begins on the 21st.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013

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Fred Lewis is scheduled to play in Sunday's practice game against Samurai Japan.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/16/2013

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The Ichi-gun and Ni-gun teams had the day off today.

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Kenjiro Nomura worked with Fred Lewis on Tuesday.  Lewis missed the start of spring camp because of the flu and got the green light to return to workouts during a check-up on Monday.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/6/2013

Lewis practiced on his day-off today.  Workouts included running, playing catch, and indoor batting practice.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/6/2013

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4th round draft pick Ko Shimozuru was assigned to Ni-gun spring camp.  He got a chance to participate in Ichi-gun workouts on Tuesday and impressed coaches enough to merit a longer look.  Shimozuru will remain at Ichi-gun spring camp for the time being.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/6/2013

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Fred Lewis (coming back from the flu) joined the team for practices today.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/5/2013

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Kenta Maeda tossed a bullpen session on the first day of spring camp for the first time since 2010.

Source: Sponichi 2/1/2013

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Fred Lewis missed the first day of spring camp after he was diagnosed with the flu earlier in the day.

Source: Sanspo 2/1/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/1/2013

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Kenjiro Nomura told players during a meeting on Thursday that they should not be afraid of making mistakes.  He also suggested that they laugh mistakes off.

Source: Sanspo 2/1/2013

Nomura is planning to field his best players during a game against Samurai Japan on the 17th.  Anything else would be an insult.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/1/2013

The Hiroshima Carp announced they re-signed Bryan Bullington (32) to a two-year deal.  They also officially announced they signed newcomer Fred Lewis (32) to a one-year deal.

Bullington: two years at 125 million yen plus incentives per year, includes 53 million yen signing bonus.

Lewis: one year at 40 million yen plus incentives, includes a 15 million yen signing bonus and a club option for a second year.  He was also assigned the number forty-one.

Source: official announcement (Bullington), official announcement (Lewis), Nikkan Sports 12/11/2012

The Hiroshima Carp signed thirty-one-year-old outfielder Fred Lewis to a one-year contract worth an estimated 40M yen.  The deal also includes a signing bonus of 15M yen and a team option for the 2014 season.

Source: Sports Hochi 11/9/2012, Sponichi 11/9/2012

See also:

Hiroshima Carp looking to add Fred Lewis to the 2013 roster (includes stats)

Dennis Sarfate finished out the second year of a two-year deal today.  The media learned on Wednesday that Hiroshima is not planning to offer the thirty-one-year an extension for the 2013 season.

Sarfate struggled a little this season, perhaps due to an inguinal hernia surgery he had last winter, and may have also been worried about his wife's health (he returned to the US in June to be with her).  In either case, it seems Hiroshima felt he lost a little something on his fastball and may have felt he would be a risk for the 2013 season.

Kam Mickolio, Nick Stavinoha, and Brad Eldred will likely return next year.  The Carp are talking things over with Bryan Bullington (he finished out a two-year deal).  They are also talking to Fred Lewis.

Source: Sponichi 11/8/2012, Sports Hochi Osaka 11/8/2012, Chugoku Shimbun 11/8/2012, Nikkan Sports 11/8/2012

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According to Sanspo, the Yokohama Bay Stars have added Sarfate to their list of players to look into.  Signing him would allow the team to move Shun Yamaguchi to the starting rotation.  Source: Sanspo 11/8/2012

According to Sports Hochi, the Hiroshima Carp will soon sit down with thirty-one-year-old OF Fred Lewis to work out a deal -- the team contacted the MLB about their interest on October 31.

Hiroshima feels Lewis is a good option because he can hit the ball the opposite direction, can hit for average, and has some pop and speed.

Source: Sports Hochi 11/2/2012

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UPDATE @ 9:20pm - Nikkan Sports, Sponichi, and Sanspo have also filed similar reports about Hiroshima moving toward signing Lewis.

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