The Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki’s Nippon Professional ... been considered a professional and could have signed a deal for any amount. That’s the route Yoshinobu Yamamoto took, eventually ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a record-setting ... Yamamoto pitched once per week during his time in Nippon Professional Baseball, whereas most MLB starters take the mound ...

Japanese star Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced on Instagram. The 23-year-old right-hander with a sizzling fastball and deadly splitter joins Samurai Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto with the World Series champion Dodgers.

The Dodgers also will pay $50.6 million in a posting fee for Yamamoto. The New York ... Triple Crown in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball as he led the league in wins, ERA and ...

The San Diego Padres, long viewed among the favorites to sign the next "big thing" from Nippon Professional Baseball ... led to the Dodgers signing Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 12-year, $325 million ...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed to a minor league contract with the Athletics.

Roki Sasaki is set to make his decision to join an MLB team in the next 10 days and most of the signs point towards the young Japanese flamethrower signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Roki Sasaki's move to MLB from the Lotte Marines at the age of 23 marks a landmark change in the dynamic that exists between Nippon P

In the wake of Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki announcing he'll be signing with the Dodgers, the baseball world will anticipate with excitement the arrival of the star right-hander in the Major Leagues. Given what we know about Sasaki's arsenal,

The Phillies have been trying to get into the Japanese baseball market for years. They hope Koyo Aoyagi is the first step. The Phils on Friday night announced that Aoyagi will attend Spring Training in Clearwater,

Aoyagi, 31, spent nine seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, where he posted a 3.08 ERA over 898⅓ innings pitched. The Phillies have not had a Japanese player since 2008.