History
On May 1, 2018, MLB announced that it would send an all-star team to tour Japan after the end of the current season, with six games scheduled against a select Nippon Professional Baseball squad from November 9 to 15. [2]
On August 20, 2018, Samurai Japan announced one exhibition game against Chinese Taipei [3] , five coaches and six selected players. [4]
On September 10, 2018, Major League Baseball Players Association and MLB announced the first eight selected MLB players. [5]
On October 9, Tomoyuki Sugano canceled his participation for Samurai Japan. [6]
On October 10, Samurai Japan announced all selected 28 players. [7]
On October 15, Chinese Taipei announced all selected 24 players. [8]
On October 18, 2018, Katsuki Azuma canceled his participation for Samurai Japan. [9]
On October 26, 2018, Taichi Ishiyama and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo canceled their participation for Samurai Japan. [10]
On October 29, 2018, Christian Yelich canceled his participation for MLB, [11] Roster rules changed 28 to 29, [12] announced all selected MLB players, [13] and Chen Chong-You [ zh ] and Jerry Wu [ zh ] canceled their participation for Chinese Taipei. [14]
On November 1, 2018, Takahiro Matsunaga canceled his participation for Samurai Japan. [15]
On November 2, 2018, Shuta Ishikawa canceled his participation for Samurai Japan, [16] and Che-hsuan Lin canceled his participation for Chinese Taipei. [17]
On November 5, 2018, Lai Hung-Cheng [ zh ] canceled his participation for Chinese Taipei. [18]
On November 16, 2018, Yomiuri Giants announced all selected players. [19]
For the first time, the MLB All-Star team stopped in Hawai'i en route to the Japan All-Star series. The 28 player team batted in two workout games in front of fans at Les Murakami Stadium on November 3 & 4, 2018. [20]
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