Yoshihisa Hirano is on a mission this year to prove his 2018 big league debut season was more than beginner's luck."Considering how difficult spring training was, last season turned out better than I thought it would," Hirano said Saturday in an interview with Kyodo News.The 34-year-old right-hander pitched in a career-high 75 games last season -- the most ever for a Japanese major leaguer -- and set an Arizona Diamondbacks' team record by not allowing a run in 27 consecutive games."Last year, a lot of batters were facing me for the first time and that gave me an advantage," Hirano said. "B…READ FULL ARTICLE
