Alessandro Maestri
ORIX BUFFALOES (5-14-1) The Buffaloes have been struggling to score runs. Francisco Caraballo (.355, 2, 10) has provided them with a productive bat. He is tied with Yoshio Itoi (.247) for the team RBI lead with 10. Too many hitters below the Mendoza line and no production from Tony Blanco (.067) who has just one
MAESTRI WILL START THE SEASON IN MINOR Alessandro Maestri starts Season in Japan in Minor, mister baseball. Italian right-handed pitcher Alessandro Maestri will start his third season in Nippon Professional Baseball with the Minor League team of the ORIX Buffaloes. Due to regulations the Buffaloes are only allowed to have four foreign players on the roster.
MAESTRI BACK IN NPB Alessandro Maestri back in NPB, Mister Baseball After starting the season with the farm team, Italian right-hander Alessandro Maestri is back in Nippon Professional Baseball. He got promoted by the ORIX Buffaloes and already got into a game, pitching an inning of scoreless relief. Dutch right-hander Rick Van den Hurk is still
BLUE PRIDE: FACES OF THE CHALLENGERS By Ryota Tanaka Team All Euro will play the Japanese national team in Tokyo Dome on March 10th and 11th. Of the 29 members, the nation that is most likely to form the core alongside the Netherlands, from which 15 of the players come, is Italy, who has sent
ROSTER OF TEAM EUROPE UNVEILED The World Baseball and Softball Confederation announced the roster of the European team that will take on Samurai Japan in a two game series on March 10 and 11 in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The team is a mix of players from the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany and France. The
IOC PROGRAM COMMISSION FOR OLYMPICS Let the debrief begin for members of the IOC Program Commission. After a series of inspection visits to major championships throughout 2012, they spent Wednesday hunkered in the Lausanne Palace Hotel, hearing presentations from seven sports bidding to join the 2020 Olympics. It’s likely there will be room for only
HAWKS EDGE BUFFALOES IN 10TH, CLICH PL TITLE IN FINAL GAME OF SEASON The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks clinched the Pacific League championship on Thursday, when Nobuhiro Matsuda singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in a 2-1 win over the Orix Buffaloes. “I’m content,” said Hawks skipper Koji Akiyama. “More
ALEX LIDDI’S ROAD LESS TRAVELED TO JOIN TEAM ITALY AT THE 2014 EUROPEAN BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Roberto Angotti for Mlb for Life Shortly after his pinch-hit single for the Dodgers AA-affiliate Chattanooga Lookouts in the fifth inning of the 2014 Southern League Championship game against Miami Marlins top pitching prospect Justin Nicolino of the Jacksonville Suns,
BEHIND THE NUMBERS OF CHRIS PERRY’S PROMOTION Perry turned in one of the best seasons for any reliever in the Chiefs 32 year history. In 28 games he went 4-0 with a 2.20 ERA covering 49 innings of work. Perry saved three games, earned five holds and finished off eight contests. He struck out 80
BUFFALOES’ ITALIAN PITCHER MAESTRI KEEPS TRACK OF WORLD CUP PROGRESS The Japan Times. When Mario Balotelli headed Italy into a second-half lead over England at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Italians around the globe rejoiced. That included Alessandro “Alex” Maestri, an Italian relief pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes who was watching in Osaka and
MAESTRI AGAIN IN NPB After his start in with the Orix Buffaloes farm team, right-handed pitcher, Alessandro Maestri gets the call up to the big club in the Nippon Baseball League. Good news out of Japan, as Italian right-handed pitcher, Alessandro Maestri, gets recalled from to the Orix Buffaloes in the Nippon Baseball League. Maestri officially
ALESSANDRO MAESTRI TO START SEASON IN MINOR LEAGUE Mr Baseball writes. Italian right-hander Alessandro Maestri, who is playing in Japan for the third straight year, will start the new season of Nippon Professional Baseball with the farm team (triple A) of the ORIX Buffaloes according to Baseballmania.it. The 28-year-old former Chicago Cubs prospect didn’t make the cut
BUFFALOES WANTS TO KEEP MAESTRI ORIX Buffaloes want to keep Alessandro Maestri. ORIX Buffaloes want to renew contract with Alessandro Maestri. According to a report by GrandeSlam.net based on a Japanese newspaper article, the NPB club wants to retain the services of the Italian right-hander through the 2014 season. Maestri is 4-4 with an ERA of 4.96
ALESSANDRO MAESTRI RETURNS TO NPB STAGE Italian right-hander Alessandro Maestri returned to Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) on Friday with a start for the ORIX Buffaloes against the Saitama Seibu Lions. After his stint in the minors he showed a strong showing despite suffering the loss
GERMAN BACKS TENACIOUS KIKUCHI AS LIONS DOWN ORIX BUFFALOES Esteban German broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run single in the sixth inning, Yusei Kikuchi threw seven gritty innings and the Seibu Lions beat the Orix Buffaloes 2-0 to resume league play with a victory on Friday night in Saitama Prefecture. The Lions improved to 4-3 in head-to-heads