Australian winter league club Brisbane announces Yang Daigang
Nippon-Ham and Hanshin announced on the 18th that a 2-for-2 exchange trade was established. Infielder Ryo Watanabe and Yuji Takahama from Nippon-Ham will transfer to Hanshin, while pitcher Yukiya Saito and outfielder Ohga Egoshi from Hanshin will transfer to Nippon-Ham. It will be the first off trade establishment.
Yakult notified pitchers Hiroki Kondo and Taichi Yamano that they were out of force. Kondo, who joined Rakuten in the 1st place in the draft in 2018, was out of the force from Rakuten even in the 2020 off, which was his second time.
Chunichi notified three pitchers, Sho Iwasaki, Takenobu Kakikoshi, and Tsubasa Kato, that they would not sign contracts as players under their control next season. It is said that all three players will re-contract as training players next season. Iwasaki entered Chunichi last off-season as a compensation player for pitcher Katsuki Matayoshi, who entered Softbank in FA.
In addition, Orix has outfielder Ryo Nishimura out of the force. Joined Orix in 5th place in the 2017 draft. 192 with 5 homers and 23 RBIs in 108 career games.
Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Winter League announced the joining of Yang Daigang outfielder who played for Nippon-Ham and Giants. Yang left the Giants last off-season and played for the Lake Country Doghounds of the US Independent League this season. 260 with nine homers and 35 RBIs in 77 games.
(Full-Count editorial department)
