Another influx of NPB talent might be coming to Major League Baseball in 2023. A couple of the Japanese league's stars have declared their intention to play stateside and are on their way to file for ...

One of the best parts about the World Baseball Classic is seeing the great players from around the world who we don't see every day in MLB. Those could be international stars from leagues like Japan's ...

Senga has a Triple Crown, a no-hitter, three All-Star selections, two Pacific League Best Nine Awards, two Gold Gloves, five Japan Series championships and an Olympic gold medal from the 2020 Tokyo ...

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) ...

Moriki made his NPB debut with the Hanshin Tigers in 2022 and has not appeared with the top team in the Pacific League since.

TOKYO — Twenty minutes from the Tokyo Dome sits another of Japan’s most revered ballparks, the 99-year-old Meiji Jingu Stadium, one of the few fields still in use anywhere that can claim Babe Ruth as ...

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Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Commissioner Katsuhiko Kumazaki is seen at a news conference on March 22, 2016. (Mainichi) Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Commissioner Katsuhiko Kumazaki ...

There is a distinct chance Japan sees the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic this year. Should that come to pass, the Samurai would see an extremely familiar face in the ...

Japanese high school baseball phenom Rintaro Sasaki signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Stanford, the team announced via social media on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know: The top-ranked ...