A former Philadelphia Phillies reliever is taking his talents back to Japan. The right-hander spent parts of two seasons with the Phillies from 2023-24. He was recently granted hi ...

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was created in 1949 and is the highest level of baseball in Japan. NPB has produced some of the top players in MLB, like Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani. Let's look ...

The Japan Professional Baseball (NPB) and the prestigious club Yomiuri Giants representing the NPB were humiliated. The official major league website incorrectly marked the team of the Yomiuri star.

Scouts once viewed Shintaro Fujinami as the better pitcher to Shohei Ohtani.

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres became only the third Japanese-born player to win a combined 200 games in Nippon ...

Although Kyle Schwarber has opted to remain with the Philadelphia Phillies (five years, $150 million), his Japanese alter ego remains in play as the best available free-agent slugger. He has until ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have received news that a former infielder with a heroic championship pedigree is now launching a new career.

When Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout for the final out in a 3-2 victory over the U.S. during the 2023 championship game, it gave Japan its third WBC title in five tournaments. To simply say that ...

Another Japanese standout could be on his way to the majors after all. Right-handed pitcher Takahiro Norimoto, a prolific strikeout artist during his 13 seasons with Nippon Professional Baseball’s ...