Ogasawara, 27, was a NPB All-Star in 2023 and pitched in nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of the the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization ... haven't made the playoffs since the 2019 ...

Last year, righthander Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers as one of the best pitchers to come over from Nippon Pro Baseball (NPB ... at last year’s NCAA Tournament near misses to ...

The splitter is on the rise in Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers are cornering the market. Splitters were thrown more often in 2024 than in any other season of the pitch tracking era, which goes ...

But the father said his son would likely attend a high school that had never competed in the “Koshien” national high school baseball tournament ... BlueWave, a Nippon Professional Baseball ...

Because he is under 25 years old and spent less than six seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball ... a prominent Japanese high school tournament, and was taken No. 1 overall in the NPB draft ...

On April 10, 2022, he threw the sixteenth perfect game in Nippon Professional Baseball history ... to the final round of the Iwate prefectural tournament, where a win against powerhouse Hanamaki ...

clearing the path for the hard-throwing 23-year-old to transfer from Nippon Professional Baseball to MLB. Sasaki will be subject to international amateur free-agent restrictions, making him ...

THE BUFFALO BILLS Kansas City, here they come. The Bills are heading to the AFC Championship game after a thrilling 27-25 win ...

Another Japanese-born superstar hints at a future with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hiroto Takahashi was spotted practicing in Dodgers gear.

Sasaki, considered by many to be one of the most talented young pitchers in the world, had until Thursday to sign with a Major League team after being posted by his Nippon Professional Baseball team .

“We pitched why we feel like Boston is a great environment for [Nippon Professional Baseball] pitchers to ... well in September as Houston secured a playoff spot. He has a 2.78 ERA in 47 ...

Tristan H. Cockcroft's nine-part "Playbook" lays out how to go from fantasy baseball novice to expert in one season. Part I: ...