The inevitable became kind of official on Monday afternoon: Japan's newest slugging superstar is on his way to Major League ...

One of the biggest dominoes of the impending MLB offseason has fallen, adding a massive free agent bat to a pool that is ...

Hideki Matsui, the two-time MLB All-Star and 2009 World Series MVP with the Yankees, has been introduced as the new manager ...

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 ...

AbstractThis paper examines how a closed market with high barriers to entry is formed and maintained, and what management consequences it produces, using the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization ...

Fresh off a Triple Crown season in Japan, slugger Teruaki Sato could ignite a stagnant Los Angeles Dodgers offense. Japanese slugger Teruaki Sato is eyeing a move to MLB after a dominant season. Could ...

Former New York Yankees All-Star Hideki Matsui is launching a managerial career in Japan.

Three years ago, Japan toppled the United States to win the World Baseball Classic thanks to Shohei Ohtani's two-way exploits, punctuated by his strikeout of Mike Trout to seal the victory. Ohtani was ...

The New York Yankees have run it back these last couple of offseasons since reaching the 2024 World Series. New York has made tweaks around the team but has kept its core and key supporting cast ...

Munetaka Murakami is officially posted by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. He has a 45 day window to negotiate with any MLB team. If an agreement doesn't happen, he goes back Japan and plays in Nippon ...

Simply put, the Los Angeles Dodgers have done a tremendous job of scouting international talent in Asian countries, specifically Japan. In the last three offseasons, they signed last year's World ...

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 his release from the ...