Major League Baseball Regular Season Ends 6 Japanese Players Go to Playoffs September 28, 9:51
On the 27th of the Major League Baseball, all 60 regular season games have been scheduled, and a total of 6 Japanese players will advance to the playoffs.
In this season's Major League Baseball, the regular season has been significantly shortened from 162 games to 60 games due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and all dates have ended on the 27th.
In this playoff, 16 teams, 6 more than usual, participated, and Japanese players are
▼ Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish
▼ Twins
pitcher
Kenta Maeda
▼ Yankees
pitcher
Masahiro Tanaka
▼ Blue Jays pitcher Yamaguchi Shun
▼ Raise Tsutsuka Kachi
▼ A total of 6 players, including Shogo Akiyama of the Reds, will advance to the playoffs.
In the playoffs, the division series advancement deciding match will start on the 29th, and the team that won the first two will advance to the division series.
In the division series advancement deciding match,
▼ Twins will welcome the Astros to the base, and pitcher Maeda will start in the first match on the 29th.
▼ The Yankees will play against the Indians at their home base, and pitcher Tanaka will start in the second game on the 30th.
▼ Tsutsugo's Rays will play against Yamaguchi's Blue Jays at
home
,
▼ Cubs will play against Marlins at home, and Darvish will start the second game on the 1st of next month.
▼ The Reds to which Akiyama belongs will play against Braves at the opponent's home base.
In addition, Cardinals, who was infected with the new coronavirus in the team one after another, overcame the unusual overcrowding schedule of doubleheaders on the 11th and decided to advance to the playoffs in the final round.
Last season's World Champion Nationals missed the lead and didn't win in a row.