TOKYO -- The current baseball offseason has seen four transfers from Nippon Professional Baseball to North America's Major League Baseball, continuing an outflow of Japanese players that NPB is ...

The Dodgers invested in another impact arm with an elite ceiling from Japan. Sasaki looks poises to make LA's starting rotation in his rookie season. On a team full of aces, he will have time to ...

The San Diego Padres were one of three finalists for Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old Japanese phenom who ultimately and perhaps unsurprisingly chose the Los Angeles Dodgers as his final destination.

A prized 23-year-old right-hander, Sasaki could have gotten a nine-figure major league deal if he remained healthy and waited until after the 2026 season to be posted by his Japanese club and join ...

TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity fell at the fastest pace in 10 months on sluggish demand, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, with business confidence hitting a more than ...

Twelve years ago on March 11, Sasaki’s father and grandparents were killed in the tsunami spawned by the Great East Japan Earthquake. At the time, he was an elementary school pupil residing in ...

The Tigers struck a two-year, $35 million deal with their former right-hander on Sunday night, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The move will bring Flaherty back to Detroit after he was traded to ...

The New York Mets still need a first baseman and right-handed slugger Pete Alonso still needs a home for 2025. Can both sides agree on a new deal?