I think you’ll see some games with Schwarber in left and JT at DH. “Who will be the 2023 Hoffman/2024 Ruiz? Aoyagi? Crismatt? Someone else?” – @BlakeIFox I think Koyo Aoyagi is my easy answer. He’s ...

However, that could change as they have non-roster invitee Koyo Aoyagi with them at Spring Training. Aoyagi will most likely start the season in Triple-A. That is not to say he won't find his way ...

Koyo Aoyagi’s first 48 hours in America have been nothing short of a whirlwind. The 31-year-old Japanese side-armer touched down in the U.S. for the first time Friday morning, quickly made his way to ...

Aoyagi said the extent of his familiarity with the Phillies are the big names, notably Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto. He met Realmuto on Friday and shook hands with Zack Wheeler in the clubhouse.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — To call Koyo Aoyagi’s last 48 hours eventful would be an understatement. The 31-year-old side-armer arrived in the United States for the first time on Friday morning and ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Koyo Aoyagi has been a side-armed right-hander for as long as he can remember. He needed to be, he said. “I couldn’t throw overhand,” Aoyagi joked through his interpreter on Friday ...

Aoyagi has a funky delivery, throwing sidearm, so if he does make the team, it would most likely be out of the bullpen. MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki reports that Aoyagi is a “ground-ball pitcher ...