Shohei Otani, 18, always dreamed of pitching in the major leagues, elevating himself to become Japan's top high school baseball player at Hanamaki Higashi High School. Faced with the opportunity to ...

Shohei Ohtani will once again be one of the top players in the World Baseball Classic with Team Japan. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar designated hitter/pitcher helped Japan to its first World ...

Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki has asked the Chiba Lotte Marines to make him available to MLB teams via the posting system this winter, according to Sponichi Annex (Japanese language link ...

The San Diego Padres could use an elite pitcher in their rotation. If this picture below means anything, they could be on their way to getting one. A recent photo of Japanese pitching sensation Roki ...

(CNN) — Watch out baseball fans; Japan’s next big star looks to be on the move. Pitching sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto is set to make a high-profile switch to Major League Baseball (MLB) during the ...

He's the most coveted free-agent pitcher of the offseason. Yet many baseball fans have never heard of him, let alone seen him pitch. He's Yoshinobu Yamamoto. And he's coming to the major leagues next ...

The Yokohama BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball are planning to post left-hander Shota Imanaga for major league teams sometime between now and Monday, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.

Roki Sasaki, the prized Japanese pitching prospect who has had scouts drooling over his potential since high school, has chosen the Los Angeles Dodgers as his major league team, he announced on ...

Nov 20 (Reuters) - Yoshinobu Yamamoto is poised to become Major League Baseball's next big Japanese star after the 25-year-old pitching sensation posted as a free agent on Monday. The right-hander is ...

TOKYO — As many MLB teams scramble to find more pitching this offseason, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga, and Yuki Matsui are the names from Japan receiving attention. Somehow, though, perhaps Japan ...