The Yankees have not landed a Japanese-posted free agent in more than a decade, but that streak could be in line to end after ...

All 30 U.S. clubs have had at least one Japanese-born player. The best of the current group includes Yu Darvish, Seiya Suzuki, Kodai Senga, Masataka Yoshida, Tomoyuki Sugano, and Shota Imanaga, in ...

In recent years, the Phillies have ramped up their scouting efforts in Japan. The hiring of Tora Otsuka as a full-time scout has been pivotal. Otsuka, alongside Koji Takahashi, has developed ...

Between infielders Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto, as well as pitchers Tatsuya Imai and Kona Takahashi, this is a big ...

The Phillies are among four teams to be shut out from signing a player out of Japan to a major league deal, but it’s not for ...

Choo Shin-soo, 43 years old, has become the first South Korean player to be named a candidate for the Major League Baseball ...

Yamamoto's historic contract justified. He dominated hitters, anchored the Dodgers' rotation, and earned World Series MVP, ...

In the past, several players who played in Japan exploited loopholes in a previous agreement between NPB and MLB to play in Major League Baseball, leaving their Japanese teams empty-handed after their ...

Hideo Nomo. Ichiro Suzuki. Hideki Matsui. Daisuke Matsuzaka. Yu Darvish. Shohei Ohtani. Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Roki Sasaki.

(THE CONVERSATION) When Shohei Ohtani stepped onto the field at the Tokyo Dome in March 2025, he wasn’t just playing a game – he was carrying forward more than 100 years of baseball ties between the U ...