Japan Baseball Weekly

Carter Stewart Jr. of SoftBank is the guest, and Jim and John take a look at the Hawks, discuss the BIGBOSS blues, the horrible Hanshin start, hit some notes on a few closers and handle some HighHeat.

Brandon Laird of the Chiba Lotte Marines is the guest, and Jim and John take a look at all six series from Opening Weekend, discuss three catchers new to starting and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Michael Westbay of Japanesebaseball.com and Jason Coskrey of The Japan Times help Jim and John take a look at the Central League and try to predict how all six teams will finish in the pennant race.

Claudio Rodriguez of Beisbol Japones and Christian Gin of Graveyard Baseball join as Jim and John take a look at the Pacific League and try to predict the finish for all six teams in the PL Prediction Special.

Seattle Mariners radio play-by-play man Gary Hill is the guest, we take a 30,000-foot view of NPB camps, featuring Fighters ringmaster Shinjo, discuss Hanshin Tigers skipper Akihiro Yano stepping down after the season, hit some notes and handle some HighHeat.

It’s a Rami-chat as Alex Ramirez graces JBW with a 30-plus-minute discussion, we look at the latest Hall of Fame inductees, the opening of corona camps, hit some notes, including Coco Balentien, and handle HighHeat.

International scout Dave DeFreitas is the guest as we discuss Seiya Suzuki, we look at the MVPs, top rookies and the voting for both awards, talk Gold Gloves, give our best moments of the season and handle some HighHeat.

Orix reliever Tyler Higgins is the guest, we discuss the Yakult Swallows winning the franchise's sixth Japan Series championship, highlighting Games 3, 4, 5 and 6, before handling some HighHeat.

We discuss the highlights of Games 1 and 2 of the Japan Series, dive into a few offseason moves, take a look at the Seiya Suzuki posting and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Vol. 11.39, Adam Jones of the Orix Buffaloes is the guest, we talk about the Climax Series in both the Pacific and Central leagues, give our predictions for the Japan Series and talk about a couple of retiring stars.