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Rakuten wins negotiation right to 1st-round draft pick

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Eagles President Yozo Tachibana (L) shakes hands with the Pacific League professional baseball team's new manager Hiromoto Okubo in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2013, after successfully winning the negotiation right to Saibi High School pitcher Tomohiro Anraku.

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Rakuten Eagles unveils new manager Okubo

SENDAI, Japan - Hiromoto Okubo (L), the new manager of the Japanese professional baseball team Tohoku Rakugen Golden Eagles, speaks at a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 14, 2014, as the club's president Yozo Tachibana looks on.

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Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Masahiro Tanaka, ace pitcher of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, smiles while speaking to reporters at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with team president Yozo Tachibana. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.

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Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Masahiro Tanaka, ace pitcher of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, speaks to reporters at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with team president Yozo Tachibana. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.

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Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Yozo Tachibana, president of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, smiles during a news conference at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with the team's ace pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.

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Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Yozo Tachibana, president of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, speaks at a news conference at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with the team's ace pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.

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Rakuten Tanaka talks could start as early as Monday

LAKE BUENA VISTA, United States - Yozo Tachibana, president of Japanese professional baseball club Rakuten Eagles, speaks to reporters at Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Dec. 10. Tachibana said he could meet with the team's ace pitcher Masahiro Tanaka as early as next Monday to talk about Tanaka's desire to play in the majors.

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Lotte wins right to negotiate with infielder Hirasawa in NPB draft

Lotte Marines manager Tsutomu Ito (R) draws the "winning card" for securing the negotiating rights to Sendai Ikuei High School infielder Taiga Hirasawa in Nippon Professional Baseball's amateur draft in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015, as President Yozo Tachibana of the Rakuten Eagles, another Pacific League team, appears disappointed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakuten wins negotiation right to 1st-round draft pick

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Eagles President Yozo Tachibana (L) shakes hands with the Pacific League professional baseball team's new manager Hiromoto Okubo in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2013, after successfully winning the negotiation right to Saibi High School pitcher Tomohiro Anraku. (Kyodo)

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Rakuten Eagles unveils new manager Okubo

SENDAI, Japan - Hiromoto Okubo (L), the new manager of the Japanese professional baseball team Tohoku Rakugen Golden Eagles, speaks at a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 14, 2014, as the club's president Yozo Tachibana looks on. (Kyodo)