Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts acknowledges challenges in competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for top Japanese talent.

The front office vision shared by the newcomers who marched into Camden Yards beginning in the winter of 2018 required them ...

The former Cy Young winner begins a new chapter in the Nippon Professional Baseball league after a standout season in Mexico ...

He was one of the most sought-after talents this offseason, and he hadn’t even played stateside ball yet. Now, he can add ...

L.A.'s run of star additions has angered opposing fan bases and sounded alarms across the sport. But is the team or the system to blame?

Ichiro Suzuki earned a prestigious accolade on Tuesday as he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. To further ...

Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now — and his fame across the Pacific was therapeutic as ...

Two thousand fans piled into their seats at Stanford University's baseball stadium in Palo Alto, filling the grandstands and ...

He has No. 1 [starter] upside.” 2. He drew MLB interest in 2019 but decided to join Nippon Professional Baseball. Most Japanese players who aspire to pursue baseball professionally typically ...

Here’s a recent MLB story from the AP: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he ...

In an unsurprising outcome, the Los Angeles Dodgers have won the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes. The world champion Dodgers were long presumed to be the favorites to sign the 23-year-old Japanese right ...

LOS ANGELES — Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. A 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 ...