Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...

The Dodgers cemented their status as the preferred MLB destination for NPB stars and transformed their rotation into a Mount Rushmore of Japanese pitching luminaries by winning the Rōki Sasaki ...

The Phillies have been trying to get into the Japanese baseball market for years. They hope Koyo Aoyagi is the first step.

As if winning the World Series last year wasn’t enough for the Dodgers, they’ve now signed the most exciting international ...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare ...

The ever-smiling legend, Ichiro Suzuki, was just inducted into the Japanese Hall of Fame, and his name has also been ...

Read - Phillies invite former NPB All-Star pitcher to spring training - and more Phillies news and rumors at PhilliesNation.com ...

The Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki’s Nippon Professional Baseball club ... bonus and won’t be a large number either. Per the NPB posting rules, the fee is 20% of a deal’s first $25MM, 17.5 ...

This story was excerpted from The Baseball Traveler newsletter ... Roki Sasaki has until Jan. 23 to sign with a Major League organization as part of the NPB posting rules, so he might not CHICAGO -- ...

The Atlanta Braves will once again be on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball slate during the 2025 season. According to ESPN PR, the Braves will get two games to start. They’ll get the first Sunday ...