Get ready, MLB fans and fantasy managers. In part due to their careers, in part because of NPB’s recent surge of top-level ...

Sugano Tomoyuki Rules Out NPB Return, Seeks MLB Deal Japanese Veteran Awaits MLB Offers After 10-10, 4.64 ERA Debut Season ...

I was very much under-equipped for the task, but in my seven years with the Marlins, I was the go-to analyst for East Asian baseball data. I had previously built decent major league equivalent (MLE) ...

Japanese right-handed pitchers Kona Takahashi and Tatsuya Imai were teammates on the Saitama Seibu Lions from 2018-25, and ...

Right-hander Naoyuki Uwasawa’s foray into North American ball will come to a close after one season. The SoftBank Hawks of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced this week that they’ve signed ...

If you've paid close attention to Major League Baseball's offseason, you may have noticed a new trend. First, headlines were dominated by Shohei Ohtani. More recently, they've been populated by ...

The Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced this week that they’ve signed veteran right-hander José Ureña to a one-year contract for the 2026 season. It’ll be the first ...

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TOKYO — At a time when premier Japanese baseball players are coming to the U.S. more frequently, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday he does not expect Japan’s top league, ...

Rintaro Sasaki intends to continue his baseball career in the United States. In an unprecedented move, the top high school prospect in Japan did not submit his name for the Nippon Professional ...

A Japanese high school baseball phenom is choosing to play college ball in the United States rather than playing in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Rintaro Sasaki, who holds the Japanese high ...