Nippon Ham starter Kohei Arihara pitches the ball. The Texas Rangers pitcher will be facing the Seattle Mariners often in 2021. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)
The Seattle Mariners will be facing a couple of new arms in the Rangers rotation, including Kohei Arihara
The Texas Rangers traded away their best pitcher from the 2020 season but brought in two new pitchers to the rotation for 2021. Kohei Arihara is the newest member of the Rangers pitching staff.
Arihara is a 28-year-old right-handed starting pitcher from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball league.