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

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

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 ...

When Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he became the 22nd player born outside the United States (including Puerto Rico, which, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. — It turns out, Chris Martin, the de facto leader to be the closer in the Rangers’ recently overhauled ...

Continuing a tradition that began in 2000, Major League Baseball returns to Tokyo for the 2025 season opener, reinforcing ...

Ohtani became the first MLB player to hit at least 50 home runs ... he was featured as a snow sculpture alongside Decoy. Before Ohtani, Hideki Matsui was the subject of many snow sculptors.

A day after Ohtani pitched seven innings to beat Boston, he broke Hideki Matsui's record with his solo shot to right off Eduardo Rodríguez (6-5), putting the Angels ahead to stay in the fifth inning.