Koyo Aoyagi arrived in camp after the long trip from Japan, is eager to test his skills against the world’s best competition and says he’d take pride in opening doors for the Phillies in the Far East.

Last year was a year of transformation for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who rallied from a midseason injury to become the Dodgers' ...

Baseball was in his blood,” said his great-nephew, Ray Mackey III. “He and his siblings grew up playing ball on the sandlots ...

Continuing a tradition that began in 2000, Major League Baseball returns to Tokyo for the 2025 season opener, reinforcing ...

one season in the City of Champions Cup independent league, two seasons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and one season in Korea's KBO League. Joining the Tigers, Enns wants his next stop ...

Inside the Dodgers’ seven-year pursuit of Rōki Sasaki, their foothold in Japan and the battle for MLB's next potential ...

Roki Sasaki posted a record of 10-5 with a 2.35 earned-run average in 18 games last year with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League, striking out 129 hitters in 111 innings during a ...

Pitcher Sasaki Rōki, who threw a perfect game in a 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball match, leaves the Chiba Lotte Marines to join the Los Angeles Dodgers on a minor league contract. A man with a ...

Entering spring training, here's how the rookie field stacks up in my view, after getting input from front offices around the ...

American fans of the sport are eager to see him choose a team and take his place on the mound to show what he is capable of. In Japan, meanwhile, the pro baseball world seems to have more mixed fe ...

Nippon Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo heads to a meeting of managers of the 12 Nippon Professional Baseball ... a different team (to the ones they left in Japan) that makes me think 'What?' ...

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 ...