NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) Nippon-Ham Fighters CBO (chief baseball officer) Hideki Kuriyama, along with team ...

Five of the 12 managers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have M.L.B. experience. All of them played for the Mets. By Brad Lefton The Japanese phenom is expected to start Sunday, with a streak ...

KITAHIROSHIMA, Japan — Shohei Ohtani is watching over his former team. Behind the left-field wall at Es Con Field Hokkaido, on the other side of the visiting bullpen, beyond three rows of seats and a ...

The Blue Jays released infielder Rodolfo Castro from his minor league contract, as first reflected on the MLB.com transaction tracker. Ari Alexander of 7 News Boston reports that Castro is pursuing an ...

Franmil Reyes turned the game around with a two-RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning Sunday as the Nippon Ham Fighters came back to beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-4 and sweep their first-stage ...

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan announced yesterday that they’re bringing back righty Drew VerHagen on a one-year deal. The Vayner Sports client first joined the Fighters on a one-year ...

Former SF Giants left-handed pitcher Conner Menez had an outing to forget earlier this week with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Eastern League in Japan. Menez has spent the past two years in ...

Former Rangers right-hander Kohei Arihara’s bid to return to MLB is over. The veteran will remain in NPB, signing a four-year deal with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, reports Yuri Karasawa of World ...