For the past two years, the Philadelphia Phillies have been wading in the waters when it comes to landing their first-ever Japanese player from Nippon Professional Baseball, but they have come up short both times.
The Philadelphia Phillies have not had too many Japanese pitchers join their team. However, that could change as they have non-roster invitee Koyo Aoyagi with them at Spring Training.
The team’s minor league invitee might be something, or he might be nothing When teams invite players to spring training with a minor league contract, it doesn’t really garner that much attention.
The Philadelphia Phillies will examine an international All-Star ahead of next season in Spring Training. MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki revealed on Saturday that the Phillies will evaluate Japanese pitcher Koyo Aoyagi this coming spring: “They hope Koyo Aoyagi is the first step.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.
The Philadelphia Phillies weren't able to sign Roki Sasaki. In fact, they weren't even able to get a meeting with him. That was a tough pill to swallow after they seemingly came close to landing Yoshinobu Yamamoto last winter which would have been a massive way to announce their first-ever signing from Japan.