Roki Sasaki is here. Munetaka Murakami could be next. From Shohei Ohtani to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Sasaki, there's been a wave of young Japanese superstars coming to MLB from Nippon Professional Baseball over the last few seasons.

Elvin Rodriguez has signed a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers with a club option for 2026 after pitching in Japan last season

Elvin Rodríguez has signed a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers with a club option for 2026 after pitching in Japan last season. The 26-year-old right-hander went 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA and one save in 32 games with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball last season.

The 26-year-old right-hander went 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA and one save in 32 games with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball last season. He appeared in one ...

The 26-year-old right-hander went 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA and one save in 32 games with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball last season. He appeared in one game with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2023 and pitched seven games ...

Caribbean Series in Mexicali, Mexico, will give us a glimpse of the annual tournament’s future, while also featuring the four teams that made up the event’s traditional lineup for decades. Different from the recent Caribbean Series -- which featured relatively new nations to the tournament such as Curaçao,

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

Training right around the corner, the Texas Rangers seem to be done making substantial moves at this point of the offseason. They addressed their we

The former Cy Young winner begins a new chapter in the Nippon Professional Baseball league after a standout season in Mexico

Bauer, who last played in MLB with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2021, pitched for the Bay Stars in 2023, when he recorded an 11-4 record and 2.59 ERA in 24 starts. Last year, he played for Diablos Rojos del Mexico in the Mexican League, where he went 10-0 with a 2.48 ERA.

That leads to a posting fee of $700K. Ogasawara, 27, pitched in part of nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. He threw 951 1/3 innings, allowing 3.62 ...

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo police Monday arrested two members of Natural, one of Japan's biggest sex worker scout groups, for allegedly introducing women to sexual service establishments ...