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HOKKAIDO NIPPON HAM FIGHTERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2017
Nippon Ham slugger Nakata hints at hitting free agent market
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters slugger Sho Nakata suggested Monday that he would test the free agent market this offseason.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2017
Otani set for likely final NPB appearance
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' slugging ace Shohei Otani will play in what is expected to be his last game in Japan on Monday, despite soreness stemming from his two-hit shutout in his previous start.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2017
Shohei Otani just beginning to realize true potential
Shohei Otani hasn't had a 20-win season. He hasn't slugged 40 homers in one campaign, either.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017
Fans express mixed feelings as Shohei Otani's move to majors looms
Since he turned pro in 2013, everybody knew that Shohei Otani would set out for the United States to play at the highest level in the major leagues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017
Reliever Hisashi Takeda leaving Fighters after 15 seasons
Three-time Pacific League saves leader Hisashi Takeda will part with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in hopes of signing with another team, the club announced Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 5, 2017
Fighters ace Shohei Otani lives up to expectations in Japan
Shohei Otani has lived up to the hype. Just as Bryce Harper in MLB and LeBron James in the NBA, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters star pitcher/DH not only entered the professional ranks to outsized expectations, he actually met them.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2017
Otani dazzles in likely last start before heading to majors
The real Shohei Otani made his first appearance of the season on the last day of baseball at Sapporo Dome this year. It may have also been his final time on an NPB mound.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2017
Fighters' Brandon Laird returning to U.S. after relative killed in Las Vegas shooting
Third baseman Brandon Laird will return to the United States after learning that a female relative has died in Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters announced on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2017
Fighters to hold spring training camp at Diamondbacks' facility in Arizona
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters will hold their spring training camp ahead of the 2018 season at the Arizona Diamondbacks' facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, the team said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 24, 2017
MLB takes aim at future stars with latest posting proposals
Major League Baseball's latest effort to reduce the prices it pays for Japanese players will not affect this year's expected posting of slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani, a source within Nippon Professional Baseball said Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 21, 2017
Otani fans nine, struggles with control in first 100-pitch outing of season
Hokkaido Nippon Ham hurler Shohei Otani struck out nine while giving up one run — a solo homer — over six innings in his fourth start this season as the Fighters defeated the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6-4 on Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2017
Life-sized Otani figure sold on first day
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters sold a one-of-a-kind, life-sized figure of Shohei Otani on Wednesday, the same day it was put on sale, the team said.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 19, 2017
Fighters' Otani expected to throw 100 pitches in next start against Hawks
Shohei Otani will make his fourth start of the season on Thursday, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama revealed Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2017
Fighters intend to ask Kuriyama to remain manager: source
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters plan to ask Hideki Kuriyama to stay on as manager after the ongoing season is over, a team source said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2017
New posting system discussed by MLB, NPB as Otani eyes majors
Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball are discussing two proposals to replace the current posting system that would eliminate Japanese teams' ability to set a negotiating price for posted players.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2017
Batting, not money, could be key factor in race to land Fighters star Otani
Should Shohei Otani move to the majors via the posting system, as informed sources said Tuesday he expects to do, it will be a rare case where money will not be a primary factor in negotiations.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 13, 2017
Source: Otani likely to go to majors at end of season
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters slugging ace pitcher Shohei Otani is likely to go to the major leagues through the posting system after the end of this season, an informed source said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 12, 2017
Otani records first victory of injury-plagued season
Shohei Otani worked 5-2/3 innings to earn his first win of the season and four relievers completed a three-hit shutout as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters topped the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 7-0 on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 8, 2017
Takanashi, Otani propel Fighters past Lions
Hirotoshi Takanashi pitched into the eighth inning and Shohei Otani homered twice as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters punished the Seibu Lions 9-2 on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 7, 2017
Eagles take small step in right direction with back-to-back victories over Fighters
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are officially on a winning streak. It's only two games, but it's a start, and with the way the last few weeks have gone, the Eagles will gladly take it.

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