SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Japanese pitcher Kohei Arihara says he settled on the Texas Rangers because they told the right-hander what they thought he could do better in addition to mentioning the things they liked.
The process of working on some of those things has started with pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in Arizona.
"I think part of my job as a player is to get used to all the differences between Japan and over here," Arihara said through an interpreter Thursday in his first virtual meeting with reporters since signing a $6.