It’s not for a lack of trying, but the Phillies have failed to attract talent directly from Japan’s top league. Aoyagi, a ...

Frequent off days in April will offer ample rest for the starters, creating competition for the fifth spot before Shohei ...

Koyo Aoyagi has been a side-armed right-hander for as long as he can remember. He needed to be, he said. “I couldn’t throw ...

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

And now the Dodgers are going to be even better in 2025. With Shohei Ohtani’s return to the mound, that was always the ...

Post-hype here means somebody who was either a top prospect or had considerable buzz in previous seasons but failed to live ...

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced on Wednesday that star Japanese pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki will take ...

The Chicago Cubs once again were outbid for a prominent free agent, Alex Bregman, continuing a history of “what-ifs.” ...

Even though the team added a two-time Cy Young Award in Blake Snell, a 23-year-old phenom in Roki Sasaki, and returns last year’s opening day starter, Tyler Glasnow, manager Dave Roberts announced ...

Breakdown of Clayton Kershaw’s contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources say: one-year, $7.5 million. The deal includes $1 million each for 13, 14, 15, 16 games started. It also includes $2.5 ...

Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell jokingly said last week that was “required” to start Shota Imanaga in Japan next month in the Japan Series.