{"id":13375,"date":"2026-01-05T03:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/pitcher-kona-takahashis-posting-period-expires-his-rights-remain-with-seibu-lions\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T03:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:40:30","slug":"pitcher-kona-takahashis-posting-period-expires-his-rights-remain-with-seibu-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/pitcher-kona-takahashis-posting-period-expires-his-rights-remain-with-seibu-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitcher Kona Takahashi\u2019s posting period expires, his rights remain with Seibu Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Japanese pitcher Kona Takahashi did not reach an agreement with a Major League Baseball team before his posting period expired Sunday and his rights remained with the Pacific League&rsquo;s Saitama Seibu Lions.<\/p>\n<p>A right-hander who turns 29 on Feb. 3, Takahashi was 8-9 with a 3.04 ERA last year for the Lions, striking out 88 and walking 41 in 148 innings. He had gone 0-11 with a 3.87 ERA in 2024 after compiling a 22-16 record in the prior two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Takahashi is 73-77 with a 3.39 ERA in 11 seasons with the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub>Pitcher Kona Takahashi&rsquo;s posting period expires, his rights remain with Seibu Lions<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Japanese pitcher Kona Takahashi did not reach an agreement with a Major League Baseball team before his posting period expired Sunday and his rights remained with the Pacific League&rsquo;s Saitama Seibu Lions. A right-hander who turns 29 on Feb. 3, Takahashi was 8-9 with a 3.04 ERA last year for the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/pitcher-kona-takahashis-posting-period-expires-his-rights-remain-with-seibu-lions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Pitcher Kona Takahashi\u2019s posting period expires, his rights remain with Seibu Lions&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}