The other day you could read a blog post here about the uncertain future of Wladimir Balentien with the Yakult Swallows. The Swallows made clear that they may not resign Balentien to a new contract due to concerns about his defense and erratic hitting, combined with his high salary. The Swallows have to deal with…
In his first start since being activated from the disabled list, Rick van den Hurk was as sharp as usual. In six innings, the tall Dutchman threw ninety-one pitches, faced twenty-five hitters, walked one, struck out seven and allowed two runs on six hits. Even though the lowly Orix Buffaloes scored two runs with Rick…
Yesterday, Dutch star pitcher of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Rick van den Hurk pitched his second game for the Ni-Gun team of the Hawks as part of his rehab. Rick has been sidelined with signs of fatigue and little ailments since June. Ever since he has had several checkups at various hospitals. The Hakws clearly…
Today it was announced that Softbank Hawks pitcher, Rick van den Hurk has signed a three year extension with the club. The deal is worth an estimated 1.2 billion Yen or USD 11.4 million plus incentives. For the club it was important to sign Van den Hurk first than anyone else. The new contract will start…
Dutch starting pitcher of the Softbank Hawks, Rick van den Hurk, won hit fourth game of the season and his thirteenth straight game since his debut in the NPB last year. In today’s game vs the lowly Orix Buffaloes, Rick threw 87 pitches in six full innings. Rick gave up two runs on three hits…
Contrary to what I wrote a few weeks ago about Rick van den Hurk getting the third spot in the rotation of the Hawks, Rick started the second game of the Hawks in the young season. Rick could not duplicate his first start of last year in the NPB as he got a no dicision…
Last week yakyubaka.com announed that Softbank Hawks’ manager Kimiyasu Kudo considered Rick van den Hurk as a opening day starter. Next to Rick Tadashi Settsu and Shota Takeda were considered too. In the previous four years Settsu was the opening day pitcher and according to dailyco.jp.coSettsu will start the March 25th game in Sendai where the Rakuten Golden…
With Spring Training at full swing now, it is time to see how the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands will do in the upcoming season. Of course there is no crystal ball and it is still up in the air, but in general you can make a decent prediction based on the performance of…
With Spring Training at full swing now, it is time to see how the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands will do in the upcoming season. Of course there is no crystal ball and it is still up in the air, but in general you can make a decent prediction based on the performance of…
Andruw Jones attended the Atlanta Braves FanFest this weekend. To reporters he unveiled that he will likely announce his retirement soon. In October 2015, Jones participated with team Kingdom of the Netherlands in the WBSC’s Premier 12 tournament in an attempt to showcase himself for a roster spot with any MLB club. The 38-year old…
