Japan Baseball Weekly

Andres Machado of Orix and Adam Walker of SoftBank are the guests, we talk about the standings, go Rockin with Roki, dive into Munetaka Murakami’s homer milestone and handle some HighHeat.

Claudio Rodriguez sits in for Jim Allen, Louis Okoye of the Yomiuri Giants is the guest, we talk about the status of both leagues, go Rockin with Roki Sasaki and look back at Yoshitomo Tsutsugo’s first top-team game since his return to NPB.

Livan Moinelo of SoftBank is the guest, we look at each league, go Rockin with Roki, take a crack at who will be named top performers of the month, hit a note about a new stadium and handle some HighHeat. ...

Neftali Soto of Lotte is the guest, we go Rockin with Roki Sasaki, offer our impressions - and depressions - about both leagues, discuss the punchless baseballs in NPB this season and handle some HighHeat.

Jesus Aguilar of Seibu and Domingo Santana of Yakult are the guests, we discuss impressions from both leagues through about four weeks, go Rockin with Roki Sasaki, touch on the return of Yoshitomo Tsutsugo to DeNA and handle some HighHeat.

Cody Ponce of Rakuten is the guest, we look at highlights from Week 3 of the season, go Rockin with Roki Sasaki and discuss the notion of MLB learning from NPB when it comes to Tommy Johns surgeries.

Chunichi newcomer Alex Dickerson is the guest, we discuss the Dragons and the missing players in their lineup, look back at Week 2 of action and examine the notion of a pitch clock in NPB.

James Dykstra of the Lotte Marines is the guest, we have our first Rockin with Roki Sasaki segment, Jim and John discuss highlights from opening weekend and a major rule change MLB has imposed, and then toss in their 2 cents about the Ohtani-Mizuhara saga.

Claudio Rodriguez of Beisbol Japones joins Jim Allen and John E Gibson to discuss their predictions as they lay out arguments for how the Pacific League playoff race will unfold this season.

Claudio Rodriguez of Beisbol Japones joins Jim Allen and John E Gibson to examine the Central League teams from top to bottom and offer their predictions for the playoff race.

Former Orix Buffaloes pitcher Alessandro Maestri is the guest, we look at the two Samurai Japan games against Europe, check in on the end of camps and the start of the preseason and hit some HighHeat.

Former Carp and Lions pitcher Deunte Heath is the guest, we chat about the upcoming series between Samurai Japan and Europe, and take a brief look at camps before handling some HighHeat.

SoftBank pitcher Carter Stewart Jr. is the guest, we break down the Roki Sasaki contract saga and misinformation campaign, and take a quick look at the opening of camps.

Former Fighters pitcher Carlos Mirabal is the guest, we look at the MVPs in the Pacific and Central leagues – one choice that brings on a rant – player moves and then dive headfirst into some HighHeat.

Jason Coskrey of The Japan Times joins the look back at the Hanshin Tigers Game 7 victory over the Orix Buffaloes in the Japan Series to end a 38-year title drought, we look at a few notes & dive into some HighHeat.

On this week’s show we’ve got pitcher Jeremy Beasley of the Japan Series-winning Hanshin Tigers as the guest, Jason Coskrey joins to look the first six games of the Series and we handle some HighHeat.

Japan Series talk, with Leandro Cedeno of Orix and Sheldon Neuse of Hanshin as the guests, we discuss the matchup, look at Thursday’s amateur draft, & dive into more HighHeat,

Games, games and more games as we discuss the second rounds of the Pacific and Central league Climax Series, hit a few notes and dive hard into some HighHeat, including an MP3 from listener James in Houston.

Seibu Lions reliever Brooks Kriske is the guest, we discuss the matchups in the first rounds of the Pacific League and Central League Climax Series and dive into some HighHeat.

J.B. Wendelken of the DeNA BayStars is the guest, we discuss the Central League race for second, and the three-team Pacific League race for the final two playoff spots, look at Giants manager Tatsunori Hara stepping away and Hirokazu Ibata taking over as skipper of Samurai Japan.

Gosuke Kato of the Nippon Ham Fighters is the guest, we discuss the three-team race for the final two playoff spots in the Pacific League, check on the battle for second in the Central League, hit a couple of notes and handle some HighHeat.

Mike Brosseau of the Lotte Marines is the guest, we discuss the Orix 3-peat in the Pacific League, look at the scramble for remaining playoff spots in both leagues, go rocking with Roki Sasaki and briefly chat about some of the retiring players.

Drew Anderson of the Hiroshima Carp is the guest, we discuss the Central League championship run the Hanshin Tigers made this season, look at the races for playoff spots in both leagues, go rockin’ with Roki Sasaki, hit one note and close things out with HighHeat.

Fifth-year import and NPB pioneer Carter Stewart Jr. of SoftBank is the guest, we discuss the second career Yoshinobu Yamamoto no-hitter, look at the playoff races and chew on some of the posting fodder.

Mark Payton of the Seibu Lions is the guest, we discuss the races for playoff spots in the Central and Pacific leagues, hit our Power Trax and Top Monthly Performers segments and handle some HighHeat.