Emi Saiki, New York Heights
Emi Saiki is a New York Heights infielder (IF, #23) from Kagawa, Japan. Los Angeles drafted her in Round 2 (Pick 6) and traded her to New York on Aug. 21, 2026, with Suzu Narasaki, for Diana Ibarra (official WPBL announcement). We only write what official pages already say. More names: players · Heights roster: New York Heights · full slate: schedule.
New York Heights, 2026
- Team: New York Heights (from Aug. 21, 2026; before that, Los Angeles Queens)
- Position / number: IF, #23 — official player page (IF, #23) and official New York roster (IF), checked Oct. 16, 2026. Not a featured card on an official team page.
- Status: Signed · Round 2, Pick 6
- Hometown on the roster: Kagawa, Japan
- Bats / throws: L / R (official roster and player page)
The official player page has no bio paragraph. The official Round Two draft recap listed pick 26 as Emi Saiki, SS, Kagawa (Japan), and said she strengthens Los Angeles through the middle of the diamond, with clean actions, range, and feel for the game. The official LA team draft recap listed her as SS (24), Kagawa, Japan. The official New York roster lists her age as 25. We’re not treating age as a 2026 stat line. ESPN’s league explainer lists her as Los Angeles SS.
Official 2026 regular season, all with New York (official player page, checked Oct. 16, 2026): 8-for-12 (.667), 4 R, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 1 SB in 6 games; on the mound, 1–0 with a 4.45 ERA in 2 starts (11 innings, 7 strikeouts).
Season complete. New York finished the regular season 8–7 and lost Semifinal B to Los Angeles 2–1 — same figures as the New York Heights team page. League table: WPBL standings.
The trade: on Aug. 21, 2026, the WPBL announced that Los Angeles agreed to trade Saiki and OF Suzu Narasaki to New York for OF Diana Ibarra in a manager-initiated trade. The Heights welcomed her on Aug. 22. In her New York debut that night against LA, she drove in Keira Izumi with a single up the middle (official recap). As of Oct. 16, 2026, the official site lists her as signed with New York.
Read: Inside the WPBL’s first trade · every move: offseason roster tracker.
Notable 2026 mentions
Aug. 22 vs. LA (her New York debut): an RBI single in an 8–7 extra-inning Heights win (official recap). Earlier official recaps from her time with LA don’t mention her by name.
Other Heights pages: Suzu Narasaki, Denae Benites, Kylee Lahners, Jaida Lee, London Studer, Natsuki Yonetani, Keira Izumi. Heights notes and roster: New York Heights. Watch: how to watch.