Rays Open Tropicana Field For Light Player Workouts Monday

The Rays are taking an initial — and small — step toward returning to action, opening Tropicana Field on Monday for limited and mostly individual player workouts.

Tampa Bay Times

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo Has Jokes After Impressive Spring Debut

Over the last two weeks, most people around Rays camp have been looking forward to seeing Yoshitomo Tsutsugo take the field for his first game in the United States.

Tampa Bay Official Site

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo Makes Rays Spring Training Debut

While Yoshitomo Tsutsugo’s performance on the field will ultimately decide if the two-year, $12 million deal was a good investment on the Rays' part, the organization's focus this spring is to help the 28-year-old slugger get acclimated to the United States and the Major Leagues.

Tampa Bay Official Site

Rays Signed Yoshitomo Tsutsugo To Two-Year/$12M Deal

Marc Topkin Twitter

Dodgers Interested In Yoshitomo Tsutsugo

Jon Morosi Twitter

Rays Interested In Aivsail Garcia, Shogo Akiyama, & Yoshitomo Tsutsugo

Joel Sherman Twitter

Blue Jays Interested In Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, Justin Smoak, & Edwin Encarnacion

Ben Nicholson-Smith Twitter

Rays Interested In Shogo Akiyama & Yoshitomo Tsutsugo

Marc Topkin Twitter

White Sox, Blue Jays, Tigers, & Twins Interested In Yoshitomo Tsutsugo

Jon Morosi Twitter

Yokohama Posted Yoshitomo Tsutsugo For The MLB

Joel Sherman Twitter

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-15-19: Will Changarotty Tossed Five Scoreless Innings; Anderson Gerdel Strikes Out Two Over Three & A Third Scoreless Innings; Vicente Campos Pitched Two Scoreless Innings For The Hold

Cardinals Winter League

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-29-19: Jose Calero Strikes Out Eight & Allows One Run Over Three Innings; Ivan Herrera Break Out Prospect In AFL; Shogo Akiyama & Yoshitomo Tsutsugo On Way To MLB

Cardinals Winter League

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-7-19: Elehuris Montero Singles & Drives In One Run; Yoshitomo Tsutsugo To Be Posted For MLB; Pedro Manuel Leon Defects From Cuba

Cardinals Winter League

Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 9-1-19

Alejando Mejia (former DSL-Hiroshima) started at third base and batted sixth.  0-for-4 at the plate.

Yokohama beat Hiroshima 3-2

Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 8-31-19: Brandon Dickson Strikes Out Two Of Three Batters Faced For The Save

ZOZOマリン、最終回を締めたブランドン・ディクソン投手です。

6点差での起用は勿体ない気もしましたが、8回裏終了時点では2点差だったので仕方ないですね。

ただ、11連戦なので、温存できる時は温存できるのが理想ですね。#ORIX#Bs2019#ディクソン#BrandonDickson#NPB#プロ野球 pic.twitter.com/6M5P1qlyEr

— ばふぁろうず@8/30・31ZOZOマリン (@itemae_spirits) August 30, 2019

Alejandro Mejia (former DSL-Hiroshima) started at third base and batted seventh.  1-for-4 at the plate.

Hiroshima beat Yokohama 4-2

Brandon Dickson (former St. Louis-Orix) entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck two out for the save (15).  (p-s:15-10)

Orix beat Chiba Lotte 2-1

Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 8-30-19: Brandon Dickson Strikes Out One Over One Hitless/Scoreless Inning; Alejandro Mejia Singles

2019.08.16 B vs M

Winningball#Bs2019#AndrewAlbers#BrandonDickson#オリックスバファローズ https://t.co/iwD8wNHSmq pic.twitter.com/dONcdMFcO3

— どらごんあろ〜@野球写真垢 (@DragonArrow0329) August 16, 2019

Alejandro Mejia (former DSL-Hiroshima) started at third base and batted fifth.  1-for-5 with one run and two strikeouts.

Yokohama beat Hiroshima 6-4

Brandon Dickson (former St. Louis-Orix) entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out.  (p-s:13-8)

Orix beat Chiba Lotte 10-4

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo Becomes Eighth Youngest Player In NPB History To Reach 200 Home Runs

NPB On Reddit Twitter

Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 8-17-19: Alejandro Mejia Singles

Alejandro Mejia (former DSL-Hiroshima) started at first base and batted sixth.  1-for-4 with two strikeouts.

Yokohama beat Hiroshima 8-3

Hayato Sakamoto Sets Personal Record With 32nd Homer In Triumph Over Hanshin

Just like the weather outside of the relatively comfortable and cool confines of Tokyo Dome, the Yomiuri Giants are starting to heat up again.

Japan Times

Former Cardinals Playing In NPB 8-7-19: Brandon Dickson Strikes Out One Over One Scoreless Inning For The Save

Alejandro Mejia (former DSL-Hiroshima) started at third base and batted sixth.  0-for-4 with three strikeouts.

Yokohama beat Hiroshima 4-0

Brandon Dickson (former St. Louis-Orix) entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck one out for the save (11).  (p-s:18-12)

Orix beat Nippon Ham 6-4