Roki Sasaki pitched three scoreless innings, and Kazuma Okamoto hit a tiebreaking solo home run as Japan’s World Baseball Classic team beat the Chunichi Dragons 4-1 in Saturday’s warm-up game. Sasaki struck out three, walked two and allowed just one hit — an infield single, reaching as fast as 165 […]
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Dave Nilsson pushing Team Australia hard ahead of World Baseball Classic
There have not been many signs of spring at Fuchu City Stadium recently. Even with the sun shining and blue skies overhead, the mornings are cool. The tallest trees that line the stadium beyond the outfield wall are still mostly barren, with their leaves and blossoms weeks away. The lone […]
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The Marlins go all-in on baseball’s new rules
JUPITER, Florida – Major League Baseball wants a faster-paced game with more balls in play, more action on the bases and more athleticism from its players. Jazz Chisholm Jr., the lively second baseman turned center fielder for the Miami Marlins, has a feeling how this will play out. Pitch clocks, […]
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Next man up: Were Dodgers’ World Series odds impacted by Gavin Lux injury?
The next man up is good enough for the Los Angeles Dodgers — at least in the eyes of oddsmakers. Losing a starting shortstop for the season in spring training would be a major setback for most World Series contenders, but the Dodgers’ futures remained unchanged after Gavin Lux suffered […]
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Seiya Suzuki in shock over injury-forced WBC withdrawal
MESA, Arizona – A day after Seiya Suzuki’s dream of lifting the World Baseball Classic trophy with his Samurai Japan teammates officially ended due to injury, the Chicago Cubs outfielder said Tuesday he can now only focus on getting fit for the season while cheering on Japan from afar. “I’ve […]
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Angels’ Shohei Ohtani sharp on mound before Japan trip for WBC
MESA, Arizona – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani threw 2⅓ scoreless innings against the Oakland Athletics in his lone spring training tuneup Tuesday before playing for Japan in the World Baseball Classic. Ohtani did not allow a hit while striking out two and walking two in the Angels’ […]
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Japan outfielder Seiya Suzuki out of WBC
Japan outfielder Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs has been ruled out of the March 8-21 World Baseball Classic, Nippon Professional Baseball said Tuesday. The 28-year-old missed the Cubs’ spring training game with the San Francisco Giants on Saturday due to tightness in his left oblique and also the club’s […]
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MLB players getting taste of new pitch clock during spring training
The New York Times – In the first inning of a spring training game against the Seattle Mariners here on Friday, San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado placed his left foot in the batter’s box, tapped his bat on home plate and twirled it around before coming set. It […]
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Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki misses spring training game due to oblique issue
Mesa, Arizona – Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki did not take part in his team’s training Sunday, raising concerns over his involvement in next month’s World Baseball Classic with Japan. Suzuki pulled out of the Cubs’ spring training game with the San Francisco Giants on Saturday due to tightness in […]
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Anticipation building toward Roki Sasaki’s WBC debut
Roki Sasaki’s first pitch to Yuki Yanagita was a forkball. So was the second. The third was a fastball that registered 162 kph (100.6 mph) on the radar gun on a sunny afternoon at Sun Marine Stadium Miyazaki. That was followed by another at 161 kph. With the count 2-2, […]