Slightly Better than Replacement Level
A week ago the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball’s (NPB) Central League (JPCL) signed Trevor Bauer. This isn’t a Transaction Analysis or a look at Trevor Bauer the pitcher. I don’t care about either of those elements. The BayStars could have signed Bauer for $1 and I would still say they were a […]
Fresh off his tremendous Olympics performance for Team USA it feels like it’s a good time to take a deeper look at Tyler Austin and how is using his time in Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League to turn his career around. He’s been playing in Japan for two years now and it feels as if […]
It’s time for one of the big boys of Japan, and I’m sure its executives would say the biggest boy, the Central League (JPCL). History The JPCL was founded in 1949, but began play in 1950, out of the ashes of the Japanese Baseball League. From the onset, the JPCL was a member of and […]
Next up in the League Primer Series is one of the two farm team leagues that operate in Japan. The Eastern League (JPEL) begins in play in a little under a month. History The JPEL has been around since the early 1960s when it was created to allow for the two main leagues in Nippon […]