The starting lineup for the first practice game of the second spring camp of the Lotte Giants in Miyazaki, Japan, has been revealed. Led by manager Kim Tae-hyung, the Lotte Giants will face the Seibu ...

Tucker Davidson, the replacement for ‘Sajik Jeshu,’ played his first real match. The Lotte Giants held their second spring camp practice game against the Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball at ...

Vitor Ito speaks Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. Unfortunately, I only speak English. That meant that this time, the ...

The Brazilian national team isn't lacking in professional talent. Though there are no active Major Leaguers on the roster ...

Yan, a 28-year-old left-handed reliever with the Colorado Rockies, is a baseball Rorschach test -- to some a burst of color ...

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Rockies pitcher Jefry Yan has the craziest strikeout celebration you've ever seen and he says he's not going anywhere.

He pitched last season for Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League, producing a 2.39 ERA in 52 appearances. “He got like two hours of sleep, and he wants to go through the day (of work ...

He spent three years in their minor-league system. Last year, he went to Japan and played for the Saitama Seibu Lions, posting a 5.74 ERA in 49 appearances. His Dominican Winter League run was ...

The Seibu Lions signed Yan to a minor league contract and he made their Nippon Professional Baseball team, playing at Japan's highest level and earning more in one season than he had his entire ...

Across 37 outings with the Saitama Seibu Lions last year, Yan posted a 5.58 ERA, 1.663 WHIP and 10.3 strikeouts per nine innings. He had a 4.89 ERA in 87 total appearances between Double-A and ...