When he had moved there for school, he figured he was putting his baseball fandom on the backburner. He had fallen in love ...

pitched in part of nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. He threw 951 1/3 innings, allowing 3.62 earned runs per nine. He struck out 18.9% of batters ...

The splitter is on the rise in Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers are cornering the market. Splitters were thrown more often in 2024 than in any other season of the pitch tracking era, which goes ...

Munenori Kawasaki, who competed for the Seattle Mariners in 2012, will be representing Japan in the international competition ...

Bauer, who last played in MLB with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2021, pitched for the Bay Stars in 2023, when he recorded an 11 ...

Though now eligible to pitch in MLB after a two-season ban under the league's domestic violence policy, Trevor Bauer will ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers aren't ruining baseball following their latest Roki Sasaki signing — they're just better at it than ...

Roki Sasaki said he looks forward to starting his Major League Baseball career in Los Angeles after signing a deal with the ...

Ogasawara, 27, was a NPB All-Star in 2023 and pitched in nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of the the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. The Nationals have signed Shinnosuke Ogasawara ...

Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball’s Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos ...

Top Japanese players traditionally have signed first with Nippon Professional Baseball clubs and established their professional credentials before moving to MLB as free agents or through the MLB ...