Happy new year again. Not a ton going on in this final month before spring training starts, but Roki Sasaki talked about his preparation for the WBC, while a former NPB pitcher has been hired to scout.
So let’s get started shall we?
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Matt Winters is a professional scout for the Nippon Ham Fighters, with whom he played from 1990 to 1994.
A first-round pick of the New York Yankees, Winters played for Triple-A Columbus from 1983 to 1985. During that time he was a teammate of future American League sluggers Don Mattingly and Steve Balboni and outhit both of them.
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writing & research on Japanese baseball