MLB22h
Crew signs Elvin Rodriguez, adds 4 top prospects to NRI list
The Brewers continued to fill out their camp roster on Friday, signing right-handed pitcher Elvin Rodriguez to a one-year ...
Top prospect Shotaro Morii bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare ...
Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...
Brewers sign a pitcher from Japanese league with one of the most unique fastballs in baseball
The Milwaukee Brewers announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Elvin Rodriguez, who spent all of last season pitching in ...
Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old two-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed ...
MLB Rumors4d
Nippon Professional Baseball
The Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki’s Nippon Professional Baseball club, will also be owed a posting fee. However, the value of that fee will be a percentage of his signing bonus and won’t be a ...
Sports Illustrated4d
MLB Insider Reveals Major Details on Dodgers’ Second Meeting With Roki Sasaki
The Dodgers have been interested in Sasaki well before he was first posted by his Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, last month. President of baseball operations Andrew ...
Reuters4d
Reports: Japanese RHP Roki Sasaki rules out Yanks, Mets
January 14 - Roki Sasaki's window to sign with a major league team opens Wednesday, but the coveted Japanese right-hander has already closed the door on a few clubs, including the New York Yankees ...
朝日新聞社6d
Rosin bag study: MLB balls are 20% slipperier than NPB balls
Japanese pitchers who make the jump to the major leagues have often said the baseballs there are slipperier than those in Nippon Professional Baseball. But no one had done a scientific study on ...
Sportsnet5d
Report: Blue Jays, Dodgers, Padres finalists for Japanese RHP Roki Sasaki
Under MLB’s international amateur signing rules and the posting system between Major League Baseball and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league, Sasaki can sign with an MLB team during a ...
朝日新聞社4d
BASEBALL/ Road warriors Yokohama win first Japan Series title in 26 years
The title, the third in Yokohama’s history, snapped the longest championship drought among the 12 teams in Nippon Professional Baseball. BayStars manager Daisuke Miura, 50, was a key player on ...
Los Angeles Dodgers Attempting to Make Baseball History in 2025 with Japanese Connection
The Los Angeles Dodgers earned another big win in free agency on Friday by securing the services of Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. The 23-year-old phenom has ace ...