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When teams invite players to spring training with a minor league contract, it doesn’t really garner that much attention. It happens every year as the team tries to gather some depth that they ...

A few days after finalizing their initial list of spring training invitees, the Phillies added another in Koyo Aoyagi, a 31-year-old Japanese right-hander and three-time NPB All-Star. A 5-foot-11 ...

Ah, spring training. The time of year when hope springs eternal, arms are fresh, and Phillies fans flock to Clearwater like ...

The Phillies have signed former NPB pitcher Koyo Aoyagi to a minor league contract with a non-roster invitation to MLB camp, the team announced. The Hanshin Tigers made him available via the ...

But, the Phillies were able to add a Japanese star when they handed Koyo Aoyagi a minor league deal and extended him a non-roster invite to Spring Training this year. What comes from that will be ...

Aoyagi signed a minor-league contract with the Phillies on Friday and was invited to spring training, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The 31-year-old right-hander was posted by ...

A few days after finalizing their initial list of spring training invitees, the Phillies added another in Koyo Aoyagi, a 31-year-old Japanese right-hander and three-time NPB All-Star. A 5-foot-11 ...

The Phillies have added right-handed pitcher Koyo Aoyagi as an additional spring training nonroster invitee, the team announced Friday. Aoyagi, 31, spent nine seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies have been trying to get into the Japanese baseball market for years. They hope Koyo Aoyagi is the first step. The Phils on Friday night announced that Aoyagi will attend ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Right-handed side-armer Koyo Aoyagi has signed a minor league contract as a non-roster spring-training invitee with the Philadelphia Phillies, the Major League Baseball club ...