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The Tokyo Yakult Swallows have reportedly signed RHP Pedro Avila Avila is the 3rd foreign reliever who'll be joining the Shinjuku outfit this offseason, joining Mike Baumann and Peter Lambert Avila has a better MLB CV than the previous 2, so he should make the team out of camp

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The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters have signed Micah Yonamine to a development contract. Micah is the grand-nephew of the NPB Hall of Famer Wally Yonamine

The Chiba Lotte Marines have signed RHP Austin Voth Voth (32) has some success as a back of the rotation starter with the Orioles in 2022, and figures to slot in as a mid-to-back of the rotation arm in Chiba.

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The Chunichi Dragons have signed RHP Yunior Marte Marte, who was a mop-up man for the Phillies last season, was signed by the Mariners to a minor-league deal earlier this offseason. The Dragons will be buying out that contract.

The Chunichi Dragons have signed RHP Nash Walters While he's only pitched 1/3 of an inning at the MLB level... in 2022, Walters has the tools to succeed, he just needs to put it all together.Chunichi hopes they can do that. He profiles as a reliever.

The Washington Nationals have signed Shinnosuke Ogasawara to a 2 year deal, with financials yet to be released. Ogasawara gets his wish and gets off the Dragons. The 27 year old hopes to bounce back after a mediocre season.

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The Orix Buffaloes have signed OF Edward Olivares Olivares, who is coming off a down year with the Pirates, had two years of decent offense with the Royals, and has a career wRC+ of 93 in the majors. The Buffaloes haven't had a plus season from a foreign bat since 2018.

The Saitama Seibu Lions have signed Tyler Nevin, son of former Angels manager Phil Nevin The younger Nevin (28), has 12 homers and an 81 wRC+ at the MLB level, but had a 141 wRC+ in AAA last year.

I'm a day late, which is basically an eternity in the modern sports media landscape, but the Saitama Seibu Lions have signed RHP Trey Wingenter

The Orix Buffaloes have reportedly signed RHP Domingo Acevedo, with terms yet to be released. Acevedo spent 3 years in MLB with the Oakland A's, but spent last year with Charros and Leones in the LMB, where he only pitched 9 innings.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have reportedly signed Kiwoom Heroes infielder Hye-seong Kim The contract is reportedly a 3 year, $12.5 million deal, with options that could extend it to a 5 year, $22 million deal. Naver's Sang-il Jeon had it first

Aren Kuri will be wearing 22 with the Orix Buffaloes. He may also start going by his English name, Allen. The number was previously worn by Ryota Muranishi, but he has since been demoted back to being a development player.

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters have re-signed Drew VerHagen to a 1 year, ¥350 million contract ($2.2 million USD) This'll be VerHagen's 4th season with the Fighters

A rarity of rarities for NPB: A trade featuring recognizable players The Yokohama BayStars have acquired middle infielder Masaki Mimori from the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in exchange for LHP Haruhiro Hamaguchi

When Rickey Henderson passed Yutaka Fukumoto for the stolen base record, he not only gave him the base, but also blessed us with the Rickeyest of Rickeyisms, calling him him "The World's Greatest Base Stealer of Japan" They remain the only members of the 1000 SB club RIP Rickey

The Hanshin Tigers have signed RHP Nick Nelson

The NC Dinos have signed LHP Logan Allen, per @jhpae117.bsky.social Allen has gigantic shoes to fill, replacing Dinos ace and Dong-won Choi Award winner Kyle Hart.

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters have re-signed C/1B/DH Ariel Martinez to a 3 year/$6.5 million contract.

The Hanshin Tigers have reportedly signed Dominican corner infielder Ramon Hernandez A former D-Backs prospect, Hernandez put up a .945 OPS (~134 OPS+) with Acereros de Monclova in 2024.

Trey Cabbage has reportedly been signed by the Yomiuri Giants, per @andrewdestin1.bsky.social Say goodbye to the beard

The Baltimore Orioles have signed Tomoyuki Sugano to a 1 year, $13 million contract, per @jeffpasan.bsky.social

The Hanshin Tigers have signed RHP Jon Duplantier, with terms yet to be released

The Yomiuri Giants have signed Free Agent catcher Takuya Kai, with terms yet to be released

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have signed Naoyuki Uwasawa to a multi-year deal, with terms yet to be released. Deal is for at least 3 years

The Chunichi Dragons have signed LHP Kyle Muller

The Chiba Lotte Marines have signed LHP Bryan Sammons Sammons made his MLB debut in 2024 at the age of 29 and was solid in 27 innings of work Marines manager Masato Yoshii says he expects Sammons to start

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows have signed reliever Peter Lambert Lambert struggled in 4 seasons in Colorado, but is hoping a fresh start at sea level can fix his issues

The Orix Buffaloes have signed Free Agent pitcher Aren Kuri While Kuri had declared international free agency with the goal of trying to go to MLB, that was always going to be a longshot. The Pacific League's best rotation just got deeper.

The Saitama Seibu Lions have signed Leandro Cedeno The 26 y.o. 1B/DH spent the last 2 seasons with the Orix Buffaloes

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The Chiba Lotte Marines have signed Free Agent pitcher Shuta Ishikawa to a 3 year, ¥600 million ($4 million US) contract, per Sponichi

Mike Bauman, who pitched for 5 MLB teams last year, has signed with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, per sources.

The Yomiuri Giants have reportedly signed closer Raidel Martinez to a 2-year, $16 million contract, per Francis Romero

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have signed Spencer Howard A former top prospect, maybe a fresh start halfway across the world is what Howard needs.

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have signed SP Miguel Yajure Yajure went 5-10 with a 3.34 ERA and a 110 FIP- last year in Shinjuku. Given the state of the Eagles rotation, any help is much needed.

Munetaka Murakami will be having offseason surgery to clean out his elbow, getting it out of the way now so he'll be ready for spring training.

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows have signed Eigoro Mogi Mogi, 30, was one of the best third basemen in NPB from 2016 to 2021, but has struggled since then. Born and raised in the Tokyo suburb of Koganei, he hopes coming home can get his career back on the right path

The Chiba Lotte Marines are bringing back Colombian fireballer Tayron Guerrero Guerrero previously pitched for the club in 2022, before spending 2023 in the LMB and 2024 in the Angels system.

The Hanshin Tigers have re-signed pitchers Javy Guerra and Jeremy Beasley

The Yomiuri Giants will be bringing back most of their foreign corps for next season, as Foster Griffin, Kyle Keller, Elier Hernandez and Alberto Baldonado will all be back for 2025 With that, the two best foreign corps in NPB have retained most of their players.

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles will be bringing back Chia-hao Sung, Maikel Franco and Nik Turley for 2025 The 3 combined to put up... -1.1 WAR last year.

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