The Rakuten Eagles announced that they'll be replacing the outfield fence and LED vision screen at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi. LeftCF will go from 116m to 110m and RightCF will go from 116m to 112m. CF and the poles won't change distance news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a12... #npb

The Rakuten Eagles have signed former Hiroshima Carp and MLB pitcher Kenta Maeda news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c04... #npb #mlb

Yokohama DeNA Baystars OF Masayuki Kuwahara has signed as a free agent with the Seibu Lions. Kuwahara was the Nippon Series MVP in 2024 when the Baystars won it all news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7e3... #npb

Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka will be back with the Yomiuri Giants for the 2026 season, as he re-signed with the club, albeit for a lower amount than he earned in the 2025 season (amount not disclosed, but less than the 160M JPY for the 2025 season) news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/576... #npb

It seems that Softbank Hawks P Kohei Arihara might be interested in trying to pitch in MLB again next season. This year was the final year of a 3 year contract with the Hawks after returning from MLB in 2023, and he reportedly has stated an interest in MLB again news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a3f... #npb

Ohtani announces he'll play for Japan in '26 Classic seeking title repeat www.mlb.com/news/shohei-... #wbc

Seibu Lions signed former P Abner Abreu as an International scout for the Middle and South American regions. The Lions also signed IF Carlos Tovar from Slovenia, and pitchers Kyazze Fred and Isabirye Musa Azed from the Uganda to develpment team contracts news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/1b9... #npb

Lotte’s president urged Chiba City to reconsider dome feasibility for the new stadium, citing climate change and fan experience. Talks continue to create an attractive facility and a key hub for Makuhari’s urban development news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e15... #npb

DeNA announced that its original team-brewed beer “BAYSTARS LAGER” won the Gold Award in the Hoppy Lager style of the Keg division at the International Beer Cup 2025. Additionally “BAYSTARS ALE” won the Silver Award in the American Wheat Beer style news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7a9... #npb

Rays Release Forrest Whitley To Pursue NPB Opportunity. I haven't seen any reports as to which team yet www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/rays... #npb

The Seibu Lions will not be offering a contract to IF Leandro Cedeño for the 2026 season, the club announced today. He was expected to fill in the #4 spot in the lineup, but went back and forth with the farm team, ending up at .228 7 HR 26 RBI news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/043... #npb

The Yakult Swallows have picked up catcher Tomoya Kakinuma who was released by the Lotte Marines this year, and also OF Montell Higuma who was released by the Seibu Lions this year news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f7d... #npb

The Rakuten Eagles have picked up free agent catcher Hikaru Ito, who played for the Yokohama DeNA Baystars in 2025. He was originally drafted by the Orix Buffaloes and won the Golden Glove and Best Nine awards in 2014 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ade... #npb

Japanese woman moves step closer to playing in pro baseball league www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

The 2025 NPB Offseason player tracker is up. I'll try to keep it updated when I get time old.reddit.com/r/NPB/commen... #npb

Former Softbank Hawks pitcher Shota Takeda, released by the team earlier this year, will join the SSG Landers in KBO after he reportedly rejected a few offers from NPB teams. SSG was the first team to contact him after the Hawks released him news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d21... #kbo #npb

Roansy Contreras Signs With NPB’s Rakuten Eagles www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/roan... #npb

Cam Devanney To Sign With NPB’s Hanshin Tigers www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/cam-... #npb

Bob Seymour To Sign With NPB’s Orix Buffaloes www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/rays... #npb

Tyler Austin won't be back with the Baystars next season, as he has officially been designated a free agent by the club. He stated he'd like to continue playing somewhere. This year he was plagued by right knee pain, going .269/11 HR/28 RBI in 65 GM news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/76e... #npb

Hanshin Tigers C Ryutaro Umeno has decided not to use his Free Agency rights, and will remain with the team. "Together as one team, we will work hard to reclaim the Nippon Series championship that we missed in the 2025 season" news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/812... #npb

The Seibu Lions have officially posted pitcher Tatsuya Imai for MLB clubs to bid on news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8e7... #npb #mlb

The Rakuten Eagles are scheduled to once again host at least 1 top level team game in each of the six Tohoku Prefectures in 2026. In Aomori on May 12, Yamagata on Jun 23, Fukushima on Jul 1, Akita on Sep 1, Iwate on Sep 2 and the rest in their home stadium news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/fa5... #npb

Padres pitcher Darvish to miss 2026 season after elbow surgery www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... #mlb

The Hanshin Tigers are looking to bring back pitcher Rafael Dolis for the 2026 season, and are reportedly working on an extension for pitcher Jon Duplantier for the 2026 season as well. The 2026 status of IF Ramon Hernandez and pitcher Nick Nelson are uncertain news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/713... #npb

Hawks rally past Tigers in 11th to win Japan Series www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/... #npb

[Oct 30] Hanshin Tigers vs Softbank Hawks game highlights from Koshien Stadium www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3g_... #npb *unofficial

The Lotte Marines will be welcoming 2 players from their counterpart in the KBO, the Lotte Giants, to the Autumn training camp news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f76... #npb #kbo

Now that the Nippon Series is over, players can officially announce whether they intend to utilize their Free Agency rights beginning Oct 31. The deadline to declare is Nov 11 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/4b3... #npb

The 2025 Hanshin Tigers are the 3rd team in Nippon Series history to not hit a HR in any of the Series games. The Hanshin Tigers also did it in 2005 and 2014. The Tigers are the only team to do it news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6ea... #npb

Hanshin Tigers hitter Teruaki Sato tied a Nippon Series record with an RBI in 5 consecutive games. Masayuki Kuwahara of the Yokohama DeNA Baystars did it last year vs the Softbank Hawks from Game 2 to Game 6 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e34... #npb

Hanshin Tigers hitter Koji Chikamoto extended his club record of consecutive hits in a Nippon Series game to 10 now news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d59... #npb

Yuki Yanagita's HR in the 8th was the 100th Home Run by the Hawks in Nippon Series history. He also became the 4th oldest player in club history to hit a Nippon Series HR at 37 years old. The oldest was 37 years 6 months by Johnny Logan in Game 3 1964 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/01d... #npb

This was the 4th time the Hawks and Tigers met in the Nippon Series, with the Hawks winning each time, 1964, 2003, 2014 and 2025 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ab6... #npb

Softbank Hawks skipper Hiroki Kokubo becomes the 6th person to win the Nippon Series MVP as a player (2011) and the Nippon Series as a manager news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ab6... #npb

The Softbank Hawks won the Nippon Series for the 12th time in club history, and the 1st time in 5 years news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/dfc... #npb

Softbank Hawks IF Hotaka Yamakawa is the 2025 Nippon Series MVP #npb

The Softbank Hawks are the 2025 Nippon Series Champions. #npb

NPB starting pitchers announced for Oct 30 #npb (all dates and times listed are Japan Standard Time) Nippon Series Game 5

[Oct 29] Hanshin Tigers vs Softbank Hawks game highlights from Koshien Stadium www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fmO... #npb *unofficial

Kim Tae-gyun Bridges Korea-U.S.-Japan Youth Baseball Exchange www.chosun.com/english/spor...

Japan to host 2 Hawaii Rainbow Warrior baseball exhibition games www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/10...

Pitcher Hsu Jo-Hsi of the CPBL Wei Chuan Tigers filed for free agency, and reportedly a few NPB teams are interested in him, including the Fighters that already have two pitchers from Taiwan, Gu Lin Ruei-yang and Sun Yi-Lei news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/020... #npb #cpbl

The Yokohama DeNA Baystars will be welcoming players and coaches from the Hanwha Eagles in KBO and the Rakuten Monkeys in CPBL to participate in their Autumn training camp starting Nov 2 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/485... #npb #kbo #cpbl

Teams that win their third Nippon Series game after being 2-1 go on to win the Nippon Series 96% of the time (24/25). The only team that didn't win it up 3-1 was the 1955 Nankai Hawks, losing to the Yomiuri Giants 4-3 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7fa... #npb

Hanshin Tigers hitter Koji Chikamoto extended his club record Nippon Series consecutive game hitting streak to nine games now. The streak started in Game 3 of the 2023 Nippon Series news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0f2... #npb

Softbank Hawks hitter Hotaka Yamakawa became the 6th player in Nippon Series history to hit a HR in 3 consecutive games. He joins Futoshi Nakanishi (1958), Randy Bass (1985), Kenji Johjima (2000), Tomoaki Kanemoto (2003) and Brad Eldred (2016) news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/90c... #npb

Nippon Series Game 4 results #npb

NPB starting pitchers announced for Oct 29 #npb Nippon Series Game 3 *pitching records are from the regular season (all dates and times listed are Japan Standard Time)

[Oct 28] Hanshin Tigers vs Softbank Hawks game highlights from Koshien Stadium www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI5H... #npb *unofficial, NPB official highlights will probably up 2-3 hours from this post