Tag: Yuta Izuguchi
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,…
2025 NPB Fielding Bible Award Winners Announced
Yesterday, Sports Info Solutions officially announced its annual Fielding Bible Award winners for Nippon Professional Baseball. This was my third consecutive year on the panel of voters. This year, the other participants were Jason Coskrey, an excellent writer at The Japan Times, and Yuta Sekiguchi, better known online as Bouno05, the creator of Sabermetric modules such as…
2025 NPB Playoff Preview
The stage is set for the 2025 Nippon Professional Baseball Wild Card Series, officially known as the Climax Series First Stage, a best-of-three matchup with every game played at the higher seed’s home park. This year’s games will be held on Saturday, October 11, and Sunday, October 12, with a decisive Game 3, if necessary,…