MIYAZAKI (Kyodo) The Orix Buffaloes filed an appeal to the Japanese baseball commissioner's office on Wednesday over the Softbank Hawks' signing of right-hander Jeremy Powell.
Orix team representative Toshio Hatatani submitted the appeal after the club refused to accept a resolution from the Pacific League to give Softbank the right to acquire Powell.
"We don't want a bad example for the future of Japanese baseball. That's why we took the case to the commissioner," senior Orix official Katsuhiro Nakamura said.