NEW YORK — After spending parts of three seasons in the major leagues, Frank Schwindel took his talents to Japan in 2023. There, the former Cub played for the Orix Buffaloes — and had a locker next to Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s. Schwindel would lean on an interpreter so that he could talk to the Buffaloes’ ace. Yamamoto, meanwhile, would practice his English while asking Schwindel about his time in ...