The Orix Buffaloes have picked up two players from Taiwan on development team contracts. Pitcher Hsu Chen-wei and IF Chang Yi-an. Both are 18 years old and the Buffaloes will hold a press conference for this signing on Oct 18 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/042... #npb

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Shōki Oda hat heute bekanntgegeben, dass er die Herausforderung in Amerika suchen wird und sich nicht zum #NPB Draft stellt. Ob er als internationaler Amateur direkt in die Minors geht oder sich an einem College einschreibt, ist noch offen.
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Kenta Bright, dessen Vertrag bei den #Dragons nicht verlängert wurde, beendet seine Karriere. Er leidet an Depression. Bright war Erstrundenpick von Chūnichi 2021. #NPB
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Haruto Takahashi hatte alles gegeben, um #Hanshin im Spiel zu halten (8 IP, 5 H, 1 HR, 6 K, 1 BB, 1 R, 1 ER, 108 P), ließ aber im 8. Inning den Solo HR von Maki zu. #NPB #Tigers
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Die #Tigers stehen vor der Aussicht auf beide ihrer Slugger verzichten zu müssen. Nachdem Satō gestern ausscheiden musste und heute auf der Bank blieb, hat sich nun auch Morishita verletzt und musste ausgewechselt werden. #NPB
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Aus irgendwelchen Gründen ist der Modus für die Final Stage an mir vorbeigegangen, nach dem der PL Sieger mit mehr als 10 Spielen Vorsprung mit einer 2:0 Führung in die Serie geht, aber die Serie dann zu Best-of-9 wird. #NPB

#NPB 15.10.2026 #ClimaxSeries Final Stage

Tigers 0:1 Baystars (1:2)
Hawks 6x:2 Fighters (0:4)

NPB starting pitchers announced for Oct 16 #npb
*pitching records from the regular season
(all dates and times listed are Japan Standard Time)

[Oct 15] Softbank Hawks vs Nippon-Ham Fighters game highlights from Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLcR... #npb

[Oct 15] Hanshin Tigers vs Yokohama DeNA Baystars game highlights from Koshien Stadium www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ87... #npb

Released Chunichi Dragons OF Kenta Bright announced he will retire. "I've been experiencing physical and mental health issues since Spring camp. I was diagnosed with depression and fought it, but I've been taking a break since Apr 22"
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/cb8... #npb

The Japanese Hall of Fame and Museum will feature uniforms, bats, cleats and gloves from various players that retired this year: Takumi Kuriyama (SL), Yoshihisa Hirano (OB), Masanori Ishikawa (YS), Katsuya Kakunaka (LM) etc. from Oct 16 - Jan 31, 2027
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/438... #npb

Nippon-Ham Fighters OF Chusei Mannami tied a Pacific League Climax Series record by hitting into two double plays in one game. He's the 8th player to do it. "I'm really disappointed today," he muttered
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/293... #npb

10,810 people showed up for the free public viewing at Yokohama Stadium of the Tigers-Baystars Climax Series Game 2 at Koshien Stadium. Former Baystars player Motonobu Tanishige and former Tigers player Makoto Imaoka were the guests tonight
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/4aa... #npb

Softbank Hawks hitter Ryoya Kurihara hit just the 2nd ever sayonara grand slam in Climax Series history. The only other player to do it was Terrmel Sledge of the Nippon-Ham Fighters vs the Rakuten Eagles at Sapporo Dome on Oct 21, 2009
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/fbc... #npb

🚨¡ATENCIÓN!🚨
🇲🇽Roberto Osuna lanzó hoy (15/10/2026) una entrada perfecta de relevo para contribuir a un nuevo triunfo de SoftBank en el playoff de la #npb. 🇻🇪José Ruiz también estuvo perfecto en relevo en el triunfo de DeNA.
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The Hanshin Tigers have been shutout in 2 consecutive Climax Series games for the first time in club history, and are now down 1 game to 2 vs the Yokohama DeNA Baystars
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/434... #npb

The Softbank Hawks won Game 2 of the Climax Series via a sayonara grand slam from Ryoya Kurihara, and are now just 1 Win away from reaching the Nippon Series for the third consecutive year
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9da... #npb

NPB game results for Oct 15 #npb