Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk about what went down in MLB’s non-bid deadline, and touched on whether the news for arbitrators was as dreadful as expected, the more notable non-bids and the short-term and long-term future of free agency, so talk to ( 29:36) Jason coskrey of The Japan Times about how NPB’s Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have built a dynasty that has won four consecutive Japan league titles (and seven since 2011), how the Hawks have influenced the rest of the league, the MLB future of Oscar Luis Colás (the “Cuban Ohtani”)) and aces Tomoyuki Sugano, the strength of women’s baseball in Japan, how NPB coped with the pandemic, and whether more foreign players might want to play in Japan.
Audio intro: Fjellgeitene, “High Hawk Season“
Intermediate sound: Superchunk, “Hey hawk“
Other audio: Spades and ropes, “The Last Hawk“
Link to the list of non-tendered players
Link to list of signed players who avoided arbitration
Link to Craig Edwards on non-bid takeaways
Link to FanGraphs Audio non-tender reactions
Link to FanGraph’s international prospect rankings
Link to Jason on the Hawks’ recent dominance
Link to Jason on the Hawks’ latest win in the Japan series
Link to Jason about Pacific League / Central League imbalance
Link to Jason about NPB’s COVID restrictions
Link to MLB.com story on Colás
Link to MLB Network segment on Colás
Link to Colás video
Link to Jason on Sugano
Link to Sugano video
Link to Jason on baseball for women in Japan
Link to Jessica Luther on baseball for women in Japan
Link to the story of Ayami Sato
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