The MLB offseason changed dramatically Saturday with the announcement by the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Pro Baseball that ...

The New York Yankees are among the teams that have expressed interest in signing Japanese ace Roki Sasaki this offseason, ...

Last winter, we wrote about how Major League Baseball's offseason had been dominated by international free agents. At the ...

Sasaki is considered one of the best pitchers in the world. His market will include all 30 teams, notably the Phillies, who ...

The posting agreement between MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball ties the NPB team’s compensation to the value of the free agent contract. An MLB team signing a posted player pays a fee to the ...

Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki will officially be posted by his Nippon Professional Baseball team this winter, and although it's not known exactly when that will happen, all 30 teams in ...

The Hiroshima Carp of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball have re-signed Hearn to a one-year contract, Yahoo Japan reports. Hearn excelled in his first season with the Carp, posting a 1.29 ERA ...

a team in the Pacific League of the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB. "I will make efforts to become the No. 1 player in the world," he said. Masato Yoshii, manager of the Marines ...

The latest pitching sensation out of Japan appears bound for Major League Baseball in 2025 ... another two years until Sasaki was 25. NPB teams control their players' rights for nine seasons ...

For the second year in a row, the most intriguing free agent pitcher on the open market will be coming over from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball ... a major league team for the 2025 season.

FILE- Japan's Roki Sasaki delivers a pitch during the first inning of a World Baseball ... to deter MLB teams from trying to poach talent from Japan and preserve the integrity of NPB.