Japanese Korean Players Posted Baseball
Seibu Lions's Kaima Taira celebrates as he set a new Nippon Professional Baseball record with 39 consecutive scoreless games at a stadium in Fukuoka, southern Japan, on July 1, 2021.
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Infielder Teruaki Sato of the Central League’s Hanshin Tigers and right-handers Kaima Taira of the Saitama Seibu Lions and Hiromi Itoh of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Pacific League are entering Major League Baseball’s posting system and will be available to teams to sign as a free agent from Monday until Dec. 16. Infielder Si-Hwan Roh of South Korea’s Hanwha Eagles is entering the posting system and can sign as a free agent from until Dec. 1. Sato, a left-handed-hitting 27-year-old third baseman and occasional outfielder, hit .306 with 39 homers and 106 RBIs, winning the Central League’s Triple Crown.
