Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was created in 1949 and is the highest level of baseball in Japan. NPB has produced some of the top players in MLB, like Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani. Let's look ...

When Hideo Nomo joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 as the first MLB player from Japan in three decades, his Rookie of the ...

That title belongs to first baseman Rintaro Sasaki, who played two seasons of college baseball at Stanford.  The Japanese ...

The Marlins drafted Rintaro Sasaki in the eighth round of the 2026 MLB Draft with the No. 235 overall pick on Sunday. He comes from Stanford University, where he hit 16 home runs this season with a ...

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Former Padres and Mets southpaw Joey Lucchesi is taking his "churve" overseas. MLB Trade Rumors has more details.

A slugger who went from Japan to Stanford immediately after high school has reportedly made another unprecedented career ...

The New York Mets received some news on Friday afternoon of a former player signing with a new league. As the Mets’ disastrous season continues, they are currently taking on the Philadelphia Phillies ...

Marlins select Japanese slugger Rintaro Sasaki in the eighth round of the 2026 MLB Draft, giving the Stanford first baseman a ...

Seibu Lions Release KIA Tigers Bo Takahashi Japanese-Brazilian pitcher becomes free agent after five seasons, 92 NPB games, 3 ...

Rintaro Sasaki is facing the choice of a lifetime. The Stanford slugger, who made the unprecedented decision to skip the NPB ...

Japanese first baseman Rintaro Sasaki had garnered attention before being drafted in the eighth round by the Miami Marlins.