Category Archives: Asia

New Rankings Offer Premier 12 Insight

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

The WBSC released its new rankings yesterday, taking into account more than 250 new games played, including the Under-15 World Cup and numerous continental championships. The U.S. retained its rightful place at the top after winning the U15 global title … Continue reading →

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Fall Instructs Rosters International Preview [Part III]

Posted on September 27, 2018 by

Our series of fall instructional camp rosters concludes today with the final 10 MLB clubs. In the first two parts, we previewed Arizona-Detroit [link] and Houston to Oakland [link], with players from every continent. We conclude today with players from … Continue reading →

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Fall Instructs Rosters International Preview [Part II]

Posted on September 26, 2018 by

Yesterday, we explained fall instructional camp and offered some thoughts on how ‘instructs’ work [link]. We also previewed the first 10 major league organisations’ rosters for instructs, noting every player from outside a top baseball region (e.g. the U.S.). Today, … Continue reading →

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Fall Instructs Rosters International Preview [Part I]

Posted on September 25, 2018 by

While the minor league season has officially come to a close, many players have not put down the uniform for the final time this year. After MiLB playoffs conclude, all but four major league organisations hold a fall instructional camp, … Continue reading →

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Laos “Impressive” as Sri Lanka Wins at Asian Games

Posted on August 22, 2018 by

The 2018 Asian Games are underway in Jakarta, and baseball returns for the seventh time with a record number of teams. Yesterday, we offered our thoughts on the preliminary round, which includes two nations making their Asian Games debut [link]. … Continue reading →

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Asian Games Begins with Two Debutantes

Posted on August 21, 2018 by

With an Asian Games-record of 10 nations in the baseball competition, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Thailand face off in a preliminary round to determine which of the three will advance to face Asia’s top seven. Only Thailand has appeared on … Continue reading →

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Scouting Taiwan’s Shao-Ching Chiang

Posted on June 10, 2018 by

Shao-Ching Chiang may not be a household name among minor league prospects yet and is not even the top Taiwanese prospect in the Cleveland Indians’ system thanks to Yu-Cheng Chang, but the right-handed pitcher is off to an excellent start. … Continue reading →

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The Week in International Baseball (4-10 March)

Posted on March 10, 2018 by

The week started with Japan winning the second of its two-game friendly series with Australia 6-0 in the second national team series of 2018 (link with video). A combined Canadian university team will tour Europe in May (tweet). The ABL … Continue reading →

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The Week in International Baseball (25 February-3 March)

Posted on March 3, 2018 by

    The week started with a host of updates from our European players in American education. Great Britain’s Paul Kirkpatrick had a great start for Western Kentucky (tweet). Lithuania’s Marius Balandis had his first start of the year for … Continue reading →

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The Week in International Baseball (18 February-24 February)

Posted on February 24, 2018 by

It was an especially busy week in international baseball, particularly as we premiered what became a series on Europeans playing baseball at American high schools and universities. The original two-dozen list has not hit 60 and names continue to pour … Continue reading →

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