Former NPB player Shogo Oomoto has been working as a scout for the SoftBank Hawks since last year. He said it had been a tough year, with him staying out overnight more than 200 times, but that it had been fun.
The international tournament, Serie de las Américas, will be held in Nicaragua. Schedule and roster. Former major leaguers will also be participating.
🇺🇸 Jeff Duda's predictions for the 2026 WBC USA team
WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2025 participants are set!
🇯🇵🇧🇿Japanese independent league team Asahikawa Be Stars have signed a player from Belize.
🇯🇵 Japanese independent league team Saga Indonesia Dreams have announced that they will change their name to Saga Asia Dreams. This team is made up mainly of players from 🇮🇩Indonesia, with other members from the 🇵🇭Philippines, 🇸🇬Singapore, 🇱🇰Sri Lanka, 🇻🇪Venezuela and Japan.
🇯🇵 A high school student with an intellectual disability has been accepted into a Japanese independent league team. His name is Ryuto Kudo(工藤琉人). He joins the KAMIKAWA Shibetsu Samurai Blades.
🇯🇵 Children attending a special needs school experienced a game called "Universal Baseball," which uses a giant baseball board game. This is a sport designed to allow people to enjoy baseball regardless of their disabilities.
🇧🇷 NPB Hanshin's interpreter Vitor Ito has been reported to be on the provisional roster for the WBC Brazil team. He is from Brazil and came to Japan at the age of 16. After graduating from university, he joined a prestigious amateur team and retired in 2022.
[BaseballCANWNT] A Women’s Baseball World Cup bronze medal last summer followed by a silver medal in hockey at the FISU World University Games Winter in Torino! Congratulations, @kaitlynross32!
Sasaki revealed that he suffered an elbow injury during his first year in the NPB. The injury did not improve easily, and at another hospital some doctors recommended Tommy John Surgery. Six months later, it was discovered that there was nothing wrong with the ligament.
🇯🇵 Former NPB player Matsuda Nobuhiro revealed something that surprised him during his playing days. He said that when he was with the Giants, there was a lot of sushi in the players' salon, and when he was with SoftBank, every player was given an iPhone every year.
🇰🇷 KBO reportedly plans to introduce "Asian quota system". This applies to players from Asia and Australia and is not subject to the foreign player quota. Currently, each team is allowed to have up to three foreign players, but this change will allow them to have one more.
🇮🇹 Jeff Duda's predictions for the 2026 World Baseball Classic Italian National Team
🌏 WBSC reveals groups for WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2025 presented by RAXUS.
🇰🇷 Prosecutors sought a prison sentence of one year and six months for former major leaguer Lim Chang-yong. He is accused of borrowing money to gamble and not paying it back. He recorded 386 total saves in the KBO and NPB and also played for the Cubs in 2013.
[IsaacAzout] Per David, the Marlins did tap into smaller markets such as the Bahamas, Curacao and Aruba. Bigger emphasis on Brazil because of the pact they now have with MLB. Additionally, there is a new scouting coordinator that will oversee Colombia and Panama.
[baseballczech_] Sokol Hluboká adds a BIG BAT 🚨 to their 2025 roster in a Jantzen Witte. The veteran infielder spent 10 years in @MiLB with Red Sox, Mariners, Padres & Rangers, 1 year in the NPB and played 579 games in the Triple-A with batting average of .265.
Hanshin manager Kyuji Fujikawa said, "We should establish a dress code to increase the value of NPB." "There are cases where NPB players wear MLB team hats during training. It is important for players to practice in their own team's uniforms and increase the value of the NPB and each team's brand."
The Asia Professional Baseball Championship will be held in the fall of 2026.
NPB Nippon Ham manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo proposed a seven-inning format. He said, "I don't mind a seven-inning game. If it takes three hours, I get bored.""I think I'll get used to it in three months," he said.
🇿🇦South Africa won the U-18 Baseball World Cup African Qualifiers with five wins over 🇿🇼Zimbabwe. The scores for the five games were 19-1 / 19-1 / 24-3 / 22-0 / 16-2. South Africa will compete in the World Cup in Okinawa, Japan, in September.
