Tag: Shoki Murakami
2025 All-NPB Team Selections
Graphics by @bacc_prop on X In honor of the best players in Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2025 regular season, these are my selections for the All-NPB First and Second Teams. NPB declares “Best Nine” awards separately for the Central and Pacific Leagues, but does not name an overall “All-NPB” team like Major League Baseball,…
The Best Pitching Seasons Since 2020
Last time, we looked at the top ten hitting seasons of the 2020s in Nippon Professional Baseball. This time, we flip over to the pitchers. Batting can be analyzed pretty easily by viewing production through OPS+ or wRC+. Players can overperform or underperform their expected numbers due to batted ball luck, but things typically start…