NEW YORK (WABC) -- There are no lights brighter, and no stage larger than the ones you'll find in the Big Apple, and they may be just enough to attract Japan's latest baseball superstar, Shohei Otani.

The World Series hasn't yet started, but the biggest story of baseball's offseason has already been decided -- the fate of Japanese phenom Shohei Otani. For the unaware, Otani is the best player who ...

Shohei Otani, the best baseball player in the world not currently employed by a major-league team, will soon be made available to the 30 clubs in Major League Baseball. The Nippon Ham Fighters, ...

Against all odds, it looks like Nippon Professional Baseball superstar Shohei Otani is coming to Major League Baseball next season. The phenom — who has been referred to as the second coming of Babe ...

Shohei Otani, the man known as the Japanese Babe Ruth, is without a doubt the most intriguing free agent of the Major League Baseball offseason. He can throw 100 mph, hit homers and is willing to ...

NOSHIRO, Akita Prefecture--Farmer Naoto Otani is knocking it out of the park with his product that shares a similar name to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani, who is currently playing in the ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --Let the bidding war for Japanese superstar Shohei Otani begin. Major League Baseball's owners voted Friday via conference call to ratify a new posting system that allows the ...

As of Tuesday afternoon, there had been no significant movement to create a new posting agreement between MLB and its Japanese counterparts, which have been at an impasse as the sides plus the Players ...

TOKYO -- Shohei Otani will not pitch for Japan in next month's World Baseball Classic because of injury, although he might still hit. Since helping the Nippon-Ham Fighters win the Japan Series in the ...