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

The Phillies have invited an additional player to attend major league spring training as a non-roster invitee: Koyo Aoyagi, RHP – Aoyagi, 31, is a veteran of nine seasons (2016-24) in Japan’s Nippon ...

Aoyagi signed a minor-league contract with the Phillies on Friday and was invited to spring training, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

As long as it still takes one plus one to equal two, then the accounting of the Phillies’ late-inning pitchers doesn’t add up ...