Shota Imanaga said he doesn't take lightly the "honor" of being named Opening Day starter for the Chicago Cubs on March 18 in ...

Brian Cashman was asked why the Dodgers had more success luring Japanese free agents the last two offseasons, and pointed to ...

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2025. The final ...

Now MLB rosters are loaded with international ... more standout seasons to wrap up his professional career. 5. OF Hideki Matsui (2003-12)6 of 10 Stats: 1,236 G, 118 OPS+, .282/.

The Yankees wanted Shohei Ohtani as much as everyone else when the pitching/hitter phenom left Japan for the Angels in 2019. GM Brian Cashman was bummed again two winters ago when Ohtani was a free ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival is an annual weeklong event that dates to 1950 in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands. The festival features around 200 sculptures, according to the Japan ...

As a three-time World Series champion, former MVP and six-time Gold Glover in the outfield, Betts has little left to prove on ...

Imanaga didn't need much time to acclimate to MLB. He went 15-3 with a 2.91 ERA ... While players like Nomo and Ichiro -- along with others like Hideki Matsui and Kaz Sasaki -- were pioneers ...

As the first prominent Japanese position player to have success at the major league level, Suzuki paved the way for future MLB stars like Shohei Ohtani, Hideki Matsui, Seiya Suzuki and Masataka ...

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees ... but Suzuki opened the doors to a wave of players that would change MLB forever. Before Suzuki, there were good players ...

LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani hit his 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japan-born player with a solo shot during the first inning of the Los Angeles ...