Major Transactions

12/31/2013

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows (COL)

Major Transactions

Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Released RF Masaki Baba.

RF Masaki Baba got drafted by the Montreal Bandits.

Released LF Katsuhiko Yamamoto.

LF Katsuhiko Yamamoto got drafted by the Las Vegas Jokers.

Released CF Katsunan Mitzusaka.

CF Katsunan Mitzusaka got drafted by the San Francisco Earthquakes.

Released 2B Soshu Kitamura.

2B Soshu Kitamura got drafted by the Nottinghamshire Outlaws.

Released SP Otojiro Akamatsu.

SP Otojiro Akamatsu got drafted by the New York Mafia.

Released 1B Yasunobu Kanno.

1B Yasunobu Kanno got drafted by the Carolina Crush.

Released SP Kazuhiro Taguchi.

SP Kazuhiro Taguchi got drafted by the San Francisco Earthquakes.

Released 1B Yukio Kouno.

1B Yukio Kouno got drafted by the Jacksonville Jacks.

Released C Yugoro Kudara.

C Yugoro Kudara got drafted by the Jacksonville Jacks.

Released 3B Hiroji Ogawa.

1B Hiroji Ogawa got drafted by the Jersey Jesters.

SP Isei Okada joins the team.

SP Nakamaro Nagumo joins the team.

SP Kazuo Hoshino joins the team.

SP Kiyoshi Ine joins the team.

SP Shihi Tamura joins the team.

MR Yukichi Okawa joins the team.

MR Tetsu Samurakami joins the team.

MR Arata Matsuoka joins the team.

MR Kiyonobu Ikarashi joins the team.

MR Koto Sasaki joins the team.

MR Tomiichi Nishimura joins the team.

C Tomiji Samurakami joins the team.

C Ryuzaburo Oda joins the team.

1B Harumi Yaegashi joins the team.

2B Kenshin Toiguchi joins the team.

3B Shihi Imamura joins the team.

SS Takamasa Matsuura joins the team.

LF Kansuke Nakada joins the team.

CF Misao Kokawa joins the team.

RF Shinichi Yufune joins the team.

2B Horiuchi Ogawa joins the team.

3B Akinori Sasaki joins the team.

1B Yukichi Kokawa joins the team.

1B Minoru Fujii joins the team.

3B Konosuke Watanabe joins the team.

1B Shogo Ito joins the team.

1B Joji Matsui joins the team.

SS Toshiro Seki joins the team.

SS Junnosuke Matsuura joins the team.

CF Shunso Meshizuka joins the team.

RF Keitaro Tanaka joins the team.

RF Shunsho Matsuo joins the team.

RF Akira Ito joins the team.

RF Takahiro Nakagawa joins the team.

RF Takeji Hashimoto joins the team.

RF Teika Kiyomizu joins the team.

LF Shigetaka Yamaguchi joins the team.

CF Koki Kobayashi joins the team.

LF Mitsuharu Kokawa joins the team.

1B Sotan Shimizu joins the team.

Thursday, November 7th, 2013

Signed scouting director Gary Ford.

Signed bench coach Michael Barnett.

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

Signed Manager Iván Salinas to a 1-year contract extension.

Bench Coach Bill Hilliard leaves the team, his contract was not renewed.

Scouting Director Yoshihisa Saikawa leaves the team, his contract was not renewed.

SP Otojiro Akamatsu joins the team.

LF Ken'ichi Inoue joins the team.

RF Shimpei Higashi joins the team.

3B Yasunobu Kanno joins the team.