On Wednesday of last week two teams in the independent American Association announced they had each signed a former Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighter.
The Cleburne Railroaders signed Oswaldo Arcia while
the Lake Country DockHounds signed Daikan Yoh (aka Yang Dai-kang). Arcia spent 2018 with the Fighters. Yoh is from Taiwan but went to high school in Japan so he was subject to the NPB draft. He was the Fighters first round pick in 2005 (beating the Hawks in the lottery for his rights) and played for them through the 2016 season. He signed with the Yomiuri Giants as a free agent in 2017 and has spent the last five years with them. He played on the Taiwanese National Team for the 2006 and 2013 World Baseball Classics and the 2015 Premier 12.
Here are cards of each of them with the Fighters:
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| 2018 Nippon-Ham "Home Run Sausage" #N134 |
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| 2014 Calbee #204 |
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