The Washington Nationals have agreed Friday to a two-year $3.5 million deal with left-hander Shinnosuke Ogasawara, who played for the Chunichi Dragons in 2024.
Ichiro Suzuki comes up one vote shy of being a unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame; CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner also earn place in Cooperstown - The Boston Globe
Suzuki received 393 of a possible 394 votes submitted by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to become the first Japanese player elected to the Hall of Fame.
18-year-old two-way Japanese slugger signs record-setting deal with A's
The Athletics made waves to kick off the 2025 international signing period, inking 18-year-old two-way player Shotaro Morii to a $1,510,500 million deal, the largest bonus ever for a Japanese amateur outside of Nippon Professional Baseball, according to Yakyu Cosmopolitan.
A left-handed hitter with 45 high school home runs to
Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano, 35, and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a contract, the team announced Monday, uniting a Japanese pitcher with a team in need of rotation help, and the deal, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan, is for one year and $13 million.
Sugano eager to pitch in the U.S., work with Adley ... and eat soft-shell crabs
Tomoyuki Sugano took a quick trip to Baltimore on Monday. He didn’t step foot inside Camden Yards, much less toe the rubber at Oriole Park, but he liked what he saw, loved what he heard and, perhaps just as important, enjoyed what he ate. “Thought it was an incredible city.
Who will sign Sasaki? 2 division rivals appear to have big edge
Ever since Roki Sasaki's agent, Joel Wolfe, met with the media at the Winter Meetings, there’s been speculation about which team might be the best fit to land the prized right-hander, who was recently posted by his Japanese team, the Chiba Lotte Marines.
As one executive put it when asked
Shinnosuke Ogasawara Officially Posted For MLB Clubs
Left-hander Shinnosuke Ogasawara has been officially posted by the Chunichi Dragons of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, per reporter Francys Romero …
Next wave of talent from Japan, Korea headed to MLB
In impact of talent from top leagues in Japan and Korea, the 2023-2024 offseason was one for the ages in Major League Baseball.
Ten months before he dominated the Yankees in the World Series, Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed a 12-year, $325 million contract with the Dodgers.
Shota Imanaga was a National
One of the more intriguing starting pitchers on the free-agent market isn't from the Major Leagues at all.
Tomoyuki Sugano, the longtime ace of the Yomiuri Giants, Japan's most storied baseball franchise, is expected to come to the Major Leagues in 2025 after 12 seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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Slugger Shohei Ohtani erased a 3-0 deficit for the Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLDS against the Padres with a three-run homer off starter Dylan Cease, and Ohtani's club eventually hung on to register a 7-5 victory.