LF Tatsuru Yanagimachi #18
CH Dragons NPB
Age: 28 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
07/21/2025
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LF TATSURU YANAGIMACHI #18 - AGE: 28 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
75 184 39 5 1 1 20 26 42 .212 .311 .266 2 -0.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 50 50 50
Gap 55 55 55 55
Power 50 50 50 50
Eye 50 50 50 55
Avoid K's 50 45 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 35 50
Errors: - 40 55
Arm: 20 50 55
Turn DP: - 35 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 55
1st Base: 35 Center Field: 25
2nd Base: - Right Field: 45
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 50
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 55
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/19/2025 YOM Win, 4-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/17/2025 @ HAN Loss, 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/15/2025 @ HAN Loss, 3-7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/13/2025 YOKO Loss, 5-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/12/2025 YOKO Loss, 5-9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/10/2025 HIRO Loss, 3-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/09/2025 HIRO Loss, 0-11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/06/2025 @ YOM Win, 9-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/05/2025 @ YOM Loss, 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/04/2025 @ YOM Loss, 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Tatsuru is a good teammate who never misses a chance to golf.
High: Financial Ambition
Low: Leader
Birthday:04/20/1997
Born in:Ibaraki, IBA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:175 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:Y238,000
Signed Through:2025 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 49 Days
Service This Yr:115 Days
40-Man Service:4 Years, 49 Days
Pro Service:4 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
JAPAN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 2025 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 75 184 39 5 1 1 20 21 26 42 .212 .311 .266 .578 .275 .054 68
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 46 212 1 2 0 5 0 1 49 7 2 2 50.0 15.9 2.80 -0.8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   43 9 1 0 0 4 4 8 8 0 0 1 .209 .346 .233 .579
Versus Right   141 30 4 1 1 16 16 18 34 1 0 0 .213 .300 .277 .577
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
March   6 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 .167 .444 .167 .611
April   81 21 1 0 1 12 9 11 19 1 0 0 .259 .344 .309 .653
May   50 8 2 1 0 4 4 7 11 0 0 1 .160 .276 .240 .516
June   37 7 2 0 0 4 4 3 8 0 0 0 .189 .250 .243 .493
July   10 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Spring Training   54 8 1 0 0 3 4 7 13 0 0 0 .148 .246 .167 .413
Last Year   428 95 21 2 12 48 38 48 125 2 5 1 .222 .301 .364 .665
2 Years Ago   383 87 23 1 4 30 30 52 97 3 1 2 .227 .320 .324 .644
Career   1576 381 86 7 33 182 166 209 394 9 13 5 .242 .331 .368 .699
Home   84 18 2 0 0 10 8 10 20 1 0 0 .214 .295 .238 .533
Road   100 21 3 1 1 10 13 16 22 0 0 1 .210 .325 .290 .615
Grass   49 12 1 0 1 5 9 8 9 0 0 1 .245 .362 .327 .689
Turf   135 27 4 1 0 15 12 18 33 1 0 0 .200 .292 .244 .537
Day   73 18 3 1 0 11 12 10 15 0 0 0 .247 .337 .315 .652
Night   111 21 2 0 1 9 9 16 27 1 0 1 .189 .295 .234 .529
As Starter   160 33 3 1 1 17 17 21 37 1 0 1 .206 .301 .256 .557
As Reliever / Substitution   24 6 2 0 0 3 4 5 5 0 0 0 .250 .379 .333 .713
Pinch Hitting   21 6 2 0 0 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 .286 .400 .381 .781
Close/Late   49 11 3 0 0 4 5 5 12 0 0 0 .224 .296 .286 .582
Inning 1-3   54 12 1 0 1 11 5 11 14 0 0 1 .222 .364 .296 .660
Inning 4-6   64 11 1 0 0 3 6 7 11 1 0 0 .172 .250 .188 .438
Inning 7-9   62 15 3 1 0 5 9 7 16 0 0 0 .242 .319 .323 .641
Extra Innings   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
0 Outs   70 10 0 1 0 3 9 6 23 0 0 0 .143 .211 .171 .382
1 Outs   49 13 3 0 1 7 8 11 5 1 0 0 .265 .393 .388 .781
2 Outs   65 16 2 0 0 10 3 9 14 0 0 1 .246 .347 .277 .624
Scoring Position   58 16 2 0 1 19 9 13 12 1 0 1 .276 .411 .362 .773
Bases Empty   88 17 2 1 0 0 10 13 20 0 0 0 .193 .297 .239 .536
Runner on 1st   38 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 .158 .158 .184 .342
Runner on 2nd   22 4 0 0 0 3 4 7 3 0 0 0 .182 .379 .182 .561
Runner on 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 1st & 2nd   13 4 0 0 0 2 3 3 4 0 0 0 .308 .438 .308 .745
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 2 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .500 1.200 1.700
Bases Loaded   5 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Two Strikes   87 9 0 0 0 3 4 11 42 0 0 0 .103 .204 .103 .308
First Pitch   22 7 0 1 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 .318 .375 .409 .784
Count 0-1   17 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .412 .412 .529 .941
Count 0-2   21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 .095 .095 .095 .190
Count 1-0   21 6 2 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .273 .381 .654
Count 1-1   23 8 0 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 .348 .375 .478 .853
Count 1-2   21 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 .095 .095 .095 .190
Count 2-0   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375
Count 2-2   31 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 0 0 0 .097 .097 .097 .194
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 .250 .700 .250 .950
Full Count   14 2 0 0 0 1 3 11 5 0 0 0 .143 .520 .143 .663
Behind in Count   59 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 21 0 0 0 .186 .186 .220 .407
Ahead in Count   35 8 3 0 0 4 9 13 0 1 0 0 .229 .429 .314 .743
Batting Leadoff   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 2nd   19 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 .105 .150 .105 .255
Batting 4th   21 3 0 0 0 2 3 3 5 1 0 0 .143 .240 .143 .383
Batting 5th   61 18 2 0 1 10 8 11 14 0 0 1 .295 .411 .377 .788
Batting 6th   28 7 1 0 0 4 1 3 7 0 0 0 .250 .323 .286 .608
Batting 7th   28 2 0 1 0 1 3 4 5 0 0 0 .071 .188 .143 .330
Batting 8th   7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Batting 9th   19 5 2 0 0 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 .263 .333 .368 .702
Low Leverage   66 14 0 1 0 2 8 11 12 0 0 0 .212 .325 .242 .567
Medium Leverage   79 11 2 0 1 7 9 8 21 1 0 0 .139 .216 .203 .418
High Leverage   39 14 3 0 0 11 3 7 9 0 0 1 .359 .468 .436 .904
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2020 FSB - NPB 23 12 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 89 106 0.0
2021 Chunichi - NPB 24 27 96 21 6 0 2 12 10 11 0 0 33 0 0 .219 .299 .344 .643 80 82 0.1
2022 Chunichi - NPB 25 140 481 138 31 3 14 71 67 71 1 3 97 5 2 .287 .378 .451 .829 131 132 3.6
2023 CH - NPB 26 120 383 87 23 1 4 30 30 52 2 3 97 3 3 .227 .320 .324 .644 91 88 0.3
2024 CH - NPB 27 133 428 95 21 2 12 48 38 48 1 2 125 1 3 .222 .301 .364 .665 92 92 -0.4
2025 CH - NPB 28 75 184 39 5 1 1 20 21 26 1 1 42 2 2 .212 .311 .266 .578 65 68 -0.8
Total NPB 507 1576 381 86 7 33 182 166 209 5 9 394 11 10 .242 .331 .368 .699 100 100 2.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2020 HA (Ni-Gun) - AA 23 58 173 51 9 2 4 35 27 20 3 0 38 3 0 .295 .378 .439 .817 128 133 1.5
2021 Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) - AA 24 66 196 60 8 3 5 27 31 40 1 2 32 0 6 .306 .423 .454 .877 143 132 1.4
2021 Chunichi (Ni-Gun) - AA 24 40 137 42 13 1 2 15 21 17 0 1 22 1 1 .307 .381 .460 .840 132 132 1.2
2021 Total - AA 24 106 333 102 21 4 7 42 52 57 1 3 54 1 7 .306 .406 .456 .863 138 132 2.6
2023 CH (Ni-Gun) - AA 26 12 47 15 5 0 0 4 8 4 0 1 10 1 0 .319 .365 .426 .791 127 107 0.2
Total NGN 176 553 168 35 6 11 81 87 81 4 4 102 5 7 .304 .394 .448 .843 134 130
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2021 Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) - AA 1B 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 6.0 4.50 +0.0 1.017
2021 Chunichi (Ni-Gun) - AA 1B 15 14 101 7 10 110 2 .982 114.0 8.53 -0.2 .904
2021 Chunichi (Ni-Gun) - AA LF 25 23 71 1 0 72 0 1.000 190.2 3.40 +1.8 1.005
2021 Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) - AA LF 19 16 42 3 1 46 1 .978 144.0 2.81 -0.2 .967
2021 Chunichi - INT LF 13 12 30 0 0 31 1 .968 104.2 2.58 +1.5 1.046
2021 Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) - AA CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.007
2021 Chunichi - INT CF 12 12 37 3 0 40 0 1.000 103.0 3.50 -2.7 .932
2021 Fukuoka SoftBank (Ni-Gun) - AA RF 43 38 74 2 0 77 1 .987 318.2 2.15 +0.9 1.019
2021 Chunichi (Ni-Gun) - AA RF 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 4.1 4.15 +0.4 1.928
2021 Chunichi - INT RF 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 12.0 2.25 +0.2 .979
2022 Chunichi - INT LF 129 125 258 2 1 263 3 .989 1128.2 2.07 -2.3 .993
2022 Chunichi - INT CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.2 13.50 +0.0 1.011
2022 Chunichi - INT RF 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 16.2 1.62 -0.0 .988
2023 CH (Ni-Gun) - AA 1B 2 2 12 1 3 14 1 .929 18.0 6.50 -0.9 .514
2023 CH (Ni-Gun) - AA LF 10 10 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 84.2 2.76 +1.4 1.017
2023 CH - INT LF 110 108 265 2 0 271 4 .985 935.1 2.57 +3.0 1.000
2023 CH (Ni-Gun) - AA RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 CH - INT 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 0.0 .000
2024 CH - INT LF 116 109 283 3 2 290 4 .986 976.2 2.64 -3.0 .976
2024 CH - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 CH - INT RF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 +0.3 .972
2025 CH - INT 1B 2 0 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 6.0 9.00 +0.0 .000
2025 CH - INT 2B 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 +0.0 .973
2025 CH - INT LF 48 45 70 3 0 74 1 .986 391.2 1.68 -3.4 .945
2025 CH - INT CF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 5.0 3.60 -0.3 .972
2025 CH - INT RF 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 -0.4 .000
TOTAL 1B 23 16 123 9 13 135 3 .978 147.0 8.08 -1.1 .872
TOTAL 2B 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 +0.0 .973
TOTAL LF 470 448 1045 14 4 1073 14 .987 3956.1 2.41 -1.2 .989
TOTAL CF 16 12 41 3 0 44 0 1.000 109.2 3.61 -2.9 .938
TOTAL RF 60 41 85 2 0 88 1 .989 365.2 2.14 +1.5 1.027
PLAYER HISTORY
10/17/2019 Drafted by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the 5th round of the 2019 NPB Draft
03/26/2021 Named the #88 prospect in the NPB
06/05/2021 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/08/2021 Named the #73 prospect in the NPB
07/12/2021 Was traded by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to the Chunichi Dragons, along with SP Shun Murakami, in exchange for C Yuya Gunji, 1B Dayan Viciedo.
07/26/2021 Wins the NGN WL Player of the Week Award.
12/02/2021 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of Y150,000.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 55 (55).
10/26/2022 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of Y150,000.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
05/23/2023 Injured (mild oblique strain),day-to-day for 1 day.
06/06/2023 Injured (bruised foot),day-to-day for one week.
06/12/2023 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
11/02/2023 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of Y150,000.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (55).
10/10/2024 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of Y238,000 with the CH Dragons organization.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (55).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year H Rank
2022 138 10
Year K Rank
2024 125 8
Year 2B Rank
2022 31 7
Year 3B Rank
2022 3 9
Year BB Rank
2022 71 10
Year IBB Rank
2023 7 2
Year AVG Rank
2022 .287 8
Year OBP Rank
2022 .378 4
Year RC Rank
2022 85.30 9
Year RC/27 Rank
2022 6.40 6
Year wOBA Rank
2022 .372 8
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