After failing to renew the contract, he was re-employed nine months later, and despite his career hitting 1,012 hits, he was in his 10th season in Japan, and 36-year-old veteran Japan Dream once more

Jul 08, 2025

After failing to renew the contract, he was re-employed nine months later, and despite his career hitting 1,012 hits, he was in his 10th season in Japan, and 36-year-old veteran Japan Dream once more
Visiedo, who played for Chunichi for nine years, joined Yokohama. It has been nine months since he left Japan. He was playing in the Mexican league this season. Kyodo News



Can we save the spark of the Japan Dream.

Cuban infielder Dayan Vissiedo (36), who has more than 1,000 hits in his career, has succeeded in re-employment. Nine months after leaving Japan, he will return to the Japanese professional baseball league. He will wear the Yokohama BayStars uniform, not the Chunichi Dragons, his former team.

Yokohama, struggling with lack of scoring ability, reached out urgently. Vissiedo left Chunichi to play in the Mexican League. He played in 38 games for Dos Laredos and had a batting average of 0.276-2 home runs.




Vishido, who came to Japan through the Major League, has been a leading hitter for Chunichi for a long time. He played in 986 games in nine seasons from 2016 to 2024 and posted a career batting average of 0.287-1012 hits-139 home runs-549 RBIs. He reached the peak of his career in 2018, his third year in Japanese professional baseball. He hit 0.348-178 in that year, becoming a two-time batting champion.

He was named an All-Star from 2018 to 2019. He won the Golden Glove, the first baseman of the Central League, for two consecutive years from 2020 to 2021. He hit triple-digit hits over six seasons and hit double-digit homers for the seventh consecutive year.

He was extremely sluggish last season, the last year of his three-year contract. It opened in the second division. He joined the first team in mid-May. He played in 15 games and his registration was removed. He finished the season with a batting average of 0.209 (9 hits in 43 at-bats) - one home run - and two RBIs. In October last year, Chunichi informed him that he could not renew his contract.




After failing to renew the contract, he was re-employed nine months later, and despite his career hitting 1,012 hits, he was in his 10th season in Japan, and 36-year-old veteran Japan Dream once more
Yokhama No. 4 hitter Austin was canceled on the 6th of last month due to injury. Photo capture = Yokohama BayStars SNS
In Vichiedo's last three-year contract period, Chunichi finished last for the third straight year. As a foreign player, he met the requirements and became the same status as a Japanese domestic player. Now it is the 10th season in the Japanese professional baseball league.

He also has a lot of experience in Major League Baseball. He defected to the U.S. and made his major league debut with the Chicago White Sox. He played in 483 games in five seasons with the White Sox. He recorded a career batting average of 0.254-425 hits-66 home runs-211 RBIs in the Major League.

Yokohama has been slowing down after competing with the Hanshin Tigers, Hiroshima Carp, and Yomiuri Giants. After the interleague, he won three games and lost six games in the following league matches. After losing three consecutive Youngbong to Yomiuri, he swept three consecutive games against Chunichi. It seemed to be rebounding and then it went down. He gave up all three consecutive home games to Hanshin last weekend.




Yokohama is in fourth place as of the 7th. The gap with the leading Hanshin widened to 8.5 games. He ranks fourth among the six teams with a team batting average of 0.227.

Returning to Japan does not guarantee a starting player. Yokohama announced on the day that it had signed Mike Ford.
After failing to renew the contract, he was re-employed nine months later, and despite his career hitting 1,012 hits, he was in his 10th season in Japan, and 36-year-old veteran Japan Dream once more
Field Ford, which Yokohama announced on the 8th. He failed to renew his contract while playing together in the middle of last year, but Yokohama called him back. Sports Nippon Headquarters Association
He is an infielder who failed at. Vichiedo will compete with Ford and Taylor Austin, the batting king last year. Austin has been struggling with injuries this season. On the 6th of last month, the registration of the first team was canceled.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.