For Toronto Life, spoke with Blue Jays starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi about how cold showers, Eggsmart, and quality time with his son Leo are key parts of his days off:

torontolife.com/city/blue-jays…

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When the #BlueJays win a Yusei Kikuchi start, he reaches deep into his locker for something special:

Yamazaki whisky. 🥃🥃

My story on Kikuchi, reading 200+ books a year and a new tradition with one of Japan’s finest exports:

mlb.com/bluejays/news/…

YU YORK CITY 🤩 #TOTHECORE

頼れる男、菊池雄星！

Yesterday: Central Park 👍

Today: Yankee Stadium 👍

セントラルパークでの練習の成果が出てました！

A Yusei Tradition: ⚾️ in Central Park!

今日の試合に向けて、菊池投手はまた今年もセントラルパークでキャッチボールをしました！

Happy #OpeningDay ! #TOTHECORE

It’s March. Guess What? 👀

Our Season Starts THIS MONTH!

シーズンが間もなく始まる。

【 #ブルージェイズ 】 #菊池雄星 オープン戦初登板は2回無失点3奪三振🔥 改良したチェンジアップも冴え渡る好投で勝利投手となりました！！
#日本人選手情報

“I think I can be even better this year” - Yusei Kikuchi

去年に引き続き、またもナイスピッチングでした！

Today belongs to Yusei 😤

菊池雄星の初登板！

The wait is over.

It’s Game Day 😤

Yusei on #PhotoDay 😀

笑顔 ❤️

We love you too, Yusei 💙

カナダも菊池家を愛してる！

(H/T Rob Longley)

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REPORT TODAY! #SpringTraining

One more sleep til Spring Training begins with pitchers and catchers reporting tomorrow!

Now that Super Bowl is over, we all know it’s baseball season now!

#SpringTraining starts in ONE WEEK! ☀️

It’s almost time!