Jose Bautista, David Ortiz, Jayson Werth, Chris Davis and Brandon Moss are among a select group of big league hitters who've taken a statistical leap forward in their mid-to-late 20s and crossed the ...

Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien, center, bows during a press conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Balentien has apologized to his fans, several days after pleading not guilty to ...

According to the Associated Press, former major league outfielder Wladimir Balentien has been arrested on domestic violence charges in Florida. Balentien, 29, is facing a felony false imprisonment ...

Former Major League Baseball player Wladimir Balentien broke the long-standing Japanese single season home run record on Sunday, hitting his 56 th and 57 th of the season for the Yakult Swallows.

As of today, there’s a new home run champion in Japan and that’s former Seattle Mariners top prospect Wladimir Balentien who hit a record breaking 56 round trippers in Japan’s Central League this ...

Wladimir Balentien, the ex-MLB player turned Japanese home-run king, was in jail Monday after being arrested on domestic violence charges at his soon-to-be-ex-wife's home near Miami. He climbed in ...

TOKYO — Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien apologized to his fans Wednesday, several days after pleading not guilty to domestic violence charges in Florida. As is the custom in Japan, ...

There are streaks that speak for themselves, and the one Chivas has built against the Tuzos since 2022 is one of them. Whether in Guadalajara or Pachuca, the Rebaño will head into its Matchday 6 game.

One-time Mariners prospect and former Mariners and Reds outfielder Wladimir Balentien has been playing in Japan since 2011 and this year he’s making a serious run at the single-season homer record.

Former Major League Baseball player and current single-season home run record holder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Wladimir Balentien has been arrested in Florida on domestic violence ...

TOKYO (AP) — Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien apologized to his fans Wednesday, several days after pleading not guilty to domestic violence charges in Florida. As is the custom in Japan, ...