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EXL: SaBaT announced Yodai Nakamura

Extraliga team SaBaT Praha returns to the top tier baseball and they already strengthened their squad after signing Japanese Yodai Nakamura. Club confirmed the news on their Facebook page.

Nakamura should join SaBaT mainly as a catcher, where he plays more or less his entire career. He started at American universities, where he was named a captain for Kansan Wesleyan and was chosen for the conference team two times. He then moved to Japan in 2019, where he played in the same league as Jakub Sládek and Milan Prokop.

His path then took him to Europe and Australia. We got to see the player during Prague Baseball Week three times, where he represented International Stars, and BBJO Hakusoh Globetrotters.

In the previous season Nakamura played in French Division 1 for Senart Templiers. There he finished with BA .269 in 28 games. And it is likely he caught the eye of the current SaBaT manager Ben Currie, who was part of the leagues in the previous year, there.

Yodai Nakamura 2021-2022 Overseas Hitting Highlights

2021: .440 AVG, 1HR 11RBI, .534 OBP – 3rd highest AVG and OBP in the entire Austrian Bundesliga – led team in 7 different offensive categories 2022: .419 AVG, 2HR 28RBI, .545 OBP – 4th highest AVG and 3rd highest OBP in the entire Austrian Bundesliga – led team in AVG, RBI and OBP

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