If MLB can get Japan to follow all its teams, “We do believe there are payoffs in the B’s: billions,” commissioner Rob ...

There were 265 players from 18 nations and territories outside of the 50 states among 954 players on opening day active ...

But this series also raises a larger question — where else is Japan represented across Major League Baseball? For more news ...

Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred recently spoke on Mad Dog Radio about how owners understand that the Dodgers have such a unique ...

L.A. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani spoke in a rare interview about playing in front of a home crowd in Japan and what he's ...

Roki Sasaki's long-awaited Los Angeles Dodgers debut was supposed to be the moment he solidified his place in MLB. The post ...

The four-time All-Star also hit a double in the ninth inning, becoming the third Japanese player to have multiple hits in an ...

But while MLB has become known for its melting pot of backgrounds among players, this diversity may be putting a strain on ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani waits on a pitch in the sixth ...

About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. They came up through Nippon Professional Baseball and ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later this year, reminders that some of the top talent in ...