The Seibu Lions have agreed to post right-hander Kona Takahashi for Major League teams this winter, according to a report from Nikkai Sports. Takahashi turns 29 in February, and he has a 2.95 ERA, ...

The Giants have their eyes on one of Japan's best pitchers. San Francisco is one of the MLB teams evaluating longtime Nippon Professional Baseball league ace Tomoyuki Sugano, who is expected to sign ...

November 10: The previously unspecified arm injury that caused Sasaki to miss time in 2024 was reportedly “a bout with shoulder fatigue,” according to The Athletic’s Will Sammon. The young ...

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, ...

[Kagoshima (Japan) = Reporter Na Yuri of Sports Chosun] Why did we come to the KBO League with this career. SSG Landers have hired a Japanese 'big' Asian quarter player. SSG officially announced on ...

Editor's Note: The story below originally ran in November, after Roki Sasaki's NPB team pledged to post the Japanese star pitcher. Sasaki announced Friday he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In the past, several players who played in Japan exploited loopholes in a previous agreement between NPB and MLB to play in Major League Baseball, leaving their Japanese teams empty-handed after their ...

MLB teams believe Nippon Professional Baseball stars Hiromi Itoh and Teruaki Sato will both be posted into next offseason’s free agent market, according to ESPN.com’s Jorge Castillo. Itoh is a ...