The World Champion Philadelphia Phillies have very few positions up for grabs in spring training this season, and one of them is the fifth...
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The ol' Kamado continues to cool as spring—and spring training—heats up, and we turn our eyes to Asian-American players and how they might...
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Pitchers and catchers report this weekend, making today a great today to talk about the Big Daddy of Japanese Pitchers in America: Daisuke...
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The Baltimore Orioles should extend their reach into the Japanese leagues when they sign right-handed Ryohei Tanaka to a minor-league deal, as...
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As the Kamado cools down in anticipation of the thaws of spring, we turn our focus to the Asian-American players returning to their teams. On Tuesday,...
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The Toronto Blue Jays announced today that they'd reached a verbal agreement with Ken Takahashi, the forty-year-old lefty who spent his entire...
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As the report date for pitchers and catchers approaches—now just two weeks away—it's time to shift the focus of the Kamado Report. I'm...
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The effects of two Japanese signings are already being felt, as the Atlanta Braves signed high-school junior Yoshinori Yamarin to a minor-league...
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Kosuke Fukudome will have a former teammate with him in spring training after the Cubs signed Japanese righty Ken Kadokura to a minor-league deal that...
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As I wrote in an earlier Kamado Report, the Orioles finalized their deal with Koji Uehara, which had been awaiting a physical. The contract is worth...
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