Every offseason, a handful of high-profile players from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball and the Korea Baseball Organization in South Korea either reach true free agency or are made available to ...

Moriki made his NPB debut with the Hanshin Tigers in 2022 and has not appeared with the top team in the Pacific League since.

The San Diego Padres added a right-handed talent in Leandro Cedeno. The Padres are looking for offensive help and Leandro Cedeno is a decent ...

The Seibu Lions have agreed to post right-hander Kona Takahashi for Major League teams this winter, according to a report from Nikkai Sports. Takahashi turns 29 in February, and he has a 2.95 ERA, ...

Rosters for the sixth edition of the World Baseball Classic are comprised by many elite players from the ranks of Major League Baseball (MLB), Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Korea Baseball ...

Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic roster, led by stars Shohei Ohtani and Munetaka Murakami, faces hurdles due to the ...

I was very much under-equipped for the task, but in my seven years with the Marlins, I was the go-to analyst for East Asian baseball data. I had previously built decent major league equivalent (MLE) ...

Though Samurai Japan will have a good roster of NPB stars to help bolster its ranks ahead of the World Baseball Classic, they won't be the only team.

Get ready, MLB fans and fantasy managers. There’s a trio of new high-profile NPB stars ready to take on the sport’s top league in 2026: Tatsuya Imai, a high-strikeout starting pitcher coming off a ...