Japanese High School Baseball Spring Senbatsu Tournament Preview

Tokaidai Sagami High School pitcher Shinta Hifumi

Japan Baseball News Weekly newsletter subscribers on Monday received a bonus issue of the newsletter. The bonus issue is a Japanese high school baseball Spring Senbatsu tournament preview. The issue covers the following topics:

2010 Japanese High School Spring Senbatsu Tournament Preview

- Senbatsu Players to Watch… Top Pitchers
(stats, measurements, data and scouting reports on the following players)

Shinta Hifumi - Pitcher - Tokaidai Sagami High School, Kanagawa
Takuro Ito - Pitcher - Teikyo High School, Tokyo
Kohei Arihara - Pitcher - Koryo High School, Hiroshima
Yosuke Shimabukuro - Pitcher - Konan High School, Okinawa
Shota Suzuki - Pitcher - Teikyo High School, Tokyo
Akinori Nagatomo- Pitcher - Tokaidai Boyo High School, Chiba

- Senbatsu Players to Watch… Top Hitters
(stats, measurements, data and scouting reports on the following players)

Haruki Nishikawa - OF - Chiben Wakayama High School, Wakayama
Kento Itohara - 3B - Kaisei High School, Shimane
Sadahiro Yamamoto - 1B - Chiben Wakayama High School, Wakayama
Tatsuya Maruko - 1B - Koryo High School, Hiroshima
Yoshitaka Isomura - C - Chukyodai Chukyo High School, Aichi
Shunsuke Michibata - C - Chiben Wakayama High School, Wakayama
Toru Idei - C - Kaisei High School, Shimane

- Senbatsu Players to Watch… The Rest

Naoki Shirane - Pitcher - Kaisei, Shimane
Junpei Morimoto - Pitcher - Chukyodai Chukyo, Aichi
Michiori Okabe - Outfielder - Teikyo, Tokyo
Takuya Sakamoto - Catcher - Tokai Boyo, Chiba
Ken Okamoto - Pitcher - Kobe Int’l University High School
Tomoyo Matano - Pitcher - Hokusho, Hokkaido
Yuki Miyagawa - Outfielder - Chiben Wakayama, Wakayama
Masataka Yoshida - Outfielder - Tsuruga Kehi, Fukui
Shogo Nakamura - Outfielder - Tenri, Nara
Naoya Emura - Catcher - Osaka Toin, Osaka

- Senbatsu Predictions… Money in the Bank
Brandon Siefken’s tournament winner predictions

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