A right-handed pitcher who left Japan to spend two seasons with the Boston Red Sox announced his immediate retirement at age ...

With the price of pitching sky-high and pitchers often hurt, a wave of mid-career imports have arrived in MLB, touting big ...

The Nationals announced today that right-hander Sauryn Lao has been released to pursue an opportunity in Japan. The club's 40 ...

The eight members also include Yuki Matsui of the San Diego Padres and Hiromi Ito of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Jim Crane says the Astros are bulking up their scouting operation in Asia to catch up to the rest of MLB in landing top ...

Astros were reportedly interested in Japanese pitcher Kona Takahashi before they brought Tatsuya Imai into the fold ...

Tatsuya Imai and Munetaka Murakami are headed to the majors — but one of the remaining Japanese players negotiating with MLB ...

The Toronto Blue Jays, the biggest investor in the current free-agent market, landed coveted corner infielder Kaz Okamoto ...

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.S. and Japan. It ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later this year, reminders that some of the top talent in American ...

Five of the 12 managers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have M.L.B. experience. All of them played for the Mets. By Brad Lefton A polarizing redevelopment plan would level Meiji Jingu, a ...

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was among eight players named Friday in Samurai Japan's initial roster announcement for M ...