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Name	Team	Age
Masafumi Nishimura	Retired (2022, Age 36)	43
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 13 (2017)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Keller Stargell League	0	5 years (150 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	A-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	11/10/1985
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	League	Award
2018	AL	All Star Reserve (C)
2019	AL	All Star Starter (C)

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2022-11-01	Masafumi Nishimura has retired from the Minnesota Twins
2022-04-20	The Minnesota Twins have removed Masafumi Nishimura from the trade block.
2021-06-21	The Minnesota Twins have placed Masafumi Nishimura on the trade block.
2020-07-06	Masafumi Nishimura of the Minnesota Twins is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
2020-05-14	Masafumi Nishimura of the Minnesota Twins is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
2017-04-01	The Minnesota Twins have promoted Masafumi Nishimura to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have designated Terry Childs for assignment.
2017-03-07	Trade #1838093 has been completed between the Minnesota Twins and the Boston CoMpToNz ReD SoX. The Boston CoMpToNz ReD SoX receive Doug Ullger, Joe Bader, Draft Pick 2017 Round 5 MIN (Joe Westerberg), Draft Pick 2017 Round 4 MIN (Chad Earnshaw), Draft Pick 2017 Round 2 MIN (Tom Feinberg) from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Ray Patterson, Jake Bailey, Willy Thomas, Draft Pick 2017 Round 1 BOS (Masafumi Nishimura), Draft Pick 2017 Round 3 BOS (Sterling Dickson).