The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are hoping the veteran infielder can get back into the swing of things down on the farm.
Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato, Giants rookie closer Taisei Ota and Marines catcher Ko Matsukawa are shining for their respective teams.
"I've done all I can in terms of preparation," Tanaka said of the upcoming season.
All three teams are looking for better results in 2022 after disappointing seasons this year.
Sawamura spent two weeks on the COVID-19 injured list before rejoining his team last week.
"It was baseball, a quintessentially American sport, that gave me my first true connection to Japan and its people," Robert Whiting reveals.
Yanagi is having the best year of his career, leading NPB in strikeouts and ERA.
Ichiro played a pivotal role in the Seattle Mariners' come-from-behind victory in his first MLB game on April 2, 2001.
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The retired manager and second baseman had a memorable two-year stint with the Yomiuri Giants in the mid-1970s.
Hitomi Niiya's triumph in the 2020 Houston Half Marathon kicked off a successful year that culminated with a national record in the women's 10,000 meters.
The now-retired Iwakuma will dispense his knowledge of pitching in his new job with the MLB club.