Tag Archives: free agent

Getting the chop

December is the end of the year and the time for cutting ties with former players.

These are the foreign players who were released and not re-signed by their teams.

2019

Pacific League

Seibu Lions

SoftBank Hawks

Rakuten Eagles

Lotte Marines

Nippon Ham Fighters

Orix Buffaloes

Central League

Yomiuri Giants

DeNA BayStars

Hanshin Tigers

Randy Messenger
Rafael Dolis
Pierce Johnson
Efren Navarro
Yangervis Solarte

Hiroshima Carp

Chunichi Dragons

Yakult Swallows

Akiyama looking to majors

Seibu Lions center fielder Shogo Akiyama revealed Tuesday that he has informed the Pacific League club he will file for free agency in order to seek a deal with a major league team.

My analysis of Akiyama’s game is HERE. You can find the Kyodo News story published in the Japan Times HERE.

Since I have completed win shares calculations for 2019. Here are Akiyama’s career figures. For those unfamiliar with win shares, three win shares are worth one win.

Shogo Akiyama

YearTeamRaw WSBatting WSDef WSWAR
2011Lions4.52.81.7NA
2012Lions15.713.62.1NA
2013Lions17.712.94.8NA
2014Lions15.3123.35.1
2015Lions28.723.65.18.5
2016Lions21.118.135.0
2017Lions25.722.23.58.2
2018Lions31.428.92.56.3
2019Lions22.520.32.25.1
Career Win Shares