For some teams in Major League Baseball, the chase for Roki Sasaki could not be measured in mere months. It lasted for years.

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

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and ...

It took all of 23 starts for Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes to be ranked among baseball's elite starting pitchers. MLB Network ranked the top 10 starting p ...

As the calendar slowly creeps towards February and the MLB offseason continues to churn along, we’re just a few weeks away ...

Díaz, still just 24, made his MLB debut in 2022 ... talents that have made it to Major League Baseball, including Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, Masataka Yoshida, and most recently Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Dodgers history of signing players from Japan The Dodgers’ history of adding players from Japan dates back to 1995, when they signed Hideo Nomo to a Minor League contract that included a $2 ...