BayStars Trade Tanabe to Dragons for Yamauchi
<Yokohama:team#291> and <Chunichi:team#287> have agreed in principle to a trade. The BayStars will send 33-year-old reliever <Yasujiro Tanabe:player#11722> and $800,000 in cash to the Dragons for 20-year-old center fielder <Kichibei Yamauchi:player#4855>. The deal is expected to be finalized shortly and the clubs will be introducing their new players to the press when the paperwork is complete.

In his career <Tanabe:player#11722> has racked up 5 wins, 8 losses and 6 saves. His lifetime ERA is 4.38 in 156 innings over 158 games.