Shohei Ohtani may be the biggest Japanese star in MLB currently, but the Yankees have employed a solid run of Japanese stars ...

When the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs square off in Tokyo this week for MLB’s season-opening series, it will underscore Japan’s pre-eminent role in baseball today.

He was traded to San Diego in the Hideki Irabu deal in 1997 but never fulfilled his potential. "He's one of the best physical talents I've seen," Williams said. "He can do it all. He has the ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers are almost always towards the top of a talented free agent’s wish list as of late. When that player has already won a World Baseball Classic championship trophy with three ...

The first wave of immigrants, led by Hideki Irabu and El Duque Hernandez, already has moved on. While Matsui's every move is followed by dozens of reporters, photographers and camera crews who ...

The 28-year-old Matsui becomes the second Japanese player to join the Yankees in the past several years, following Hideki Irabu, who pitched for New York from 1997-99. Cashman spent much of ...

NPB sensation Hideki Irabu and Cuban icon José Contreras were simply not in the same stage of their lives when they joined the Yanks as, say, Spencer Jones or Jasson Domínguez (two active ...