The Yokohama Bay Stars announced today that they selected twenty-one-year-old Kentaro Taira as compensation for their losing Shun Yamaguchi to the Yomiuri Giants. They will also receive forty percent of Yamaguchi’s 2016 salary (about thirty-two million yen). A press conference is scheduled for January 6.

Source: Yokohama announcement, Sanspo 1/5/2017, Daily Sports 1/5/2017

[UPDATE 1/6 @ 10:18pm]

The Bay Stars held a pres conference for Taira earlier today. He was assigned the uniform number 59.

Source: Yokohama announcement