Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-20-19: Elehuris Montero Doubles & Drives In One Run; Kodi Whitley Strikes Out Three Over Two Scoreless Innings For The Save; Francisco Pena Singles Twice & Knocks In One Run

Cardinals Winter League

Chihiro Kaneko Became The 18th Player To Collect A Victory Against 12 Different Teams In NPB

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Takahiro Norimoto Leads NPB Group Chasing Tomoyuki Sugano

Tomoyuki Sugano is the best pitcher in Japanese baseball.

Japan Times

Chihiro Kaneko Draws Attention From Yu Darvish, Others Because Of Change-Up

Chihiro Kaneko, as a 35-year-old veteran of 13 seasons, probably possesses a fair amount of wisdom he can impart on the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitchers younger than him.

Japan Times

Nippon Ham Signed Chihiro Kaneko For The 2019 Season

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Chihiro Kaneko Will Not Return With Orix Next Season

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Orix Will Continue To Try To Negotiate With Chihiro Kaneko

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Chihiro Kaneko Considering Options As Orix Might Cut His Salary

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Chihiro Kaneko Hasn't Considered Free Agent Option Yet

Kaneko Orix speaks his mind about acquiring his second FA right.  (Translated)

Nikkan Sports

Chihiro Kaneko Removed From Orix Active Roster With Neck & Back Tightness

Orixx Kaneko Chihiro pitcher (34) was canceled as a participating player registration.  (Translated)

Nikkan Sports

Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 7-31-18: Efren Navarro Singles Twice & Drives In Two Runs; Carlos Peguero Walks Three Times

Alejandro Mejia (former DSL-Hiroshima) entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted ninth.  0-for-1 at the plate.

Hiroshima beat Yakult 6-3

Efren Navarro (former Memphis-Hanshin) started in left field and batted sixth.  2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Chunichi beat Hanshin 7-2

Carlos Peguero (former Memphis-Rakuten) started in right field and batted eighth.  0-for-2 with one run, three walks, and two strikeouts.

Rakuten beat Orix 6-4

Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 7-11-18: Carlos Peguero Collects Three Singles

Carlos Peguero (former Memphis-Rakuten) started In right field and batted eighth.  3-for-4 with one run and one strikeout.

Orix beat Rakuten 8-3

Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 5-23-18: Carlos Peguero Singles

Carlos Peguero (former Memphis-Rakuten) started in right field and batted fourth.  1-for-4 with three strikeouts.

Orix beat Rakuten 5-2

Chihiro Kaneko Picks Up First Victory Of Season

Orix ace Chihiro Kaneko allowed a run over six innings Wednesday, winning his first game of the season in a 5-2 victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Japan Times

Chihiro Kaneko Strikes Out Career Number 1,500

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Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 4-10-18: Carlos Peguero Walks & Hits A Two-Run Homer

Carlos Peguero (former Memphis-Rakuten) started in right field and batted third.  1-for-3 with one home run, two RBIs, one run, one walk, and two strikeouts.

Rakuten beat Orix 4-2

Shohei Otani Still Missing Gear, But No One Minds

Shohei Otani's fastball was hardly larger-than-life on Wednesday, but that mattered little to the crowd who came to see what is likely his final home game for the Nippon Ham Fighters.

Kyodo News

Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 9-20-17: Carlos Peguero Hits A Solo Home Run

Carlos Peguero (former Memphis-Rakuten) started in right field and batted fourth.  1-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, one run, and one strikeout.

Orix beat Rakuten 8-4

Brandon Dickson To Sign Two-Year Extension With Orix

Orix's Brandon Dickson pitcher (32) learned that it will remain in the next season on the 1st. For the right arm of 43 wins in 5 years of coming to Japan, the team evaluated that he has been playing a stable pitch without major breakdown. It is likely to have agreed to a general agreement with a two-year multi-year contract newly strengthening the residual policy from early.  (Translated)

Sports Hochi

Yusei Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Sugano Locked In Duel For Sawamura Award

Despite the amount of ink spilled trying to determine whether Seibu Lions pitcher Yusei Kikuchi was actually guilty of the illegal two-stage pitching motion he was cited for on Thursday night, it’s more important to note the way he handled the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Japan Times