Newsfrom Japan
Japanese pitchers playing in Major League Baseball this winter were of considerable interest to executives gathered for this year’s general managers’ meetings that ended Thursday. Chief among those players are the free agency of Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani and the impending assignment of Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto in what is expected to be a seller’s market for starting pitchers. Yamamoto, a 25-year-old right-hander measuring 178 centimeters tall, won the last three Sawamura Awards as Japan’s most impressive starting pitcher, and went 16-6 with a 1.21 ERA over…
