is a professional Japanese

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player. He plays

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for the Orix Buffaloes.

Professional career

In 2021, after posting a 13-4 record and 131 strikeouts in 147.2 innings pitched, Miyagi won the

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Rookie of the year award and was named an NPB All-Star for the first time. His 2.51 ERA was second in the

only to his teammate,

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Professional career Yamamoto made his NPB debut on August 20, 2017 for the Orix Buffaloes. Yamamoto finished the 2021 season with an ...

References

2001 births Living people Baseball people from Okinawa Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Orix Buffaloes players Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners 2023 World Baseball Classic players {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub