Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes had one of the better seasons of any player in 2024, but there is one player who he sees above anyone else i ...

Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball during the 2000s after making the jump from the Japanese League to join the Seattle Mariners, paving the way for a generation of players in the ...

Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts acknowledges challenges in competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for top Japanese talent.

show highlights of their MLB and Japanese careers, and follow with moments players would have to play to unlock “their card.” Imagine pitching a game during Hideo Nomo’s rookie season with ...

Yet in 2001, Japanese impact players in the bigs were entirely pitchers, with Hideo Nomo shooting to superstardom a few years earlier. But hitters? Ichiro was MLB's first Japanese-born position ...

Paul Skenes is one of three players on the cover of "MLB The Show 25," and the video game trailer released Tuesday showed him ...

Considering how much money Sasaki left on the table by choosing to play in MLB as early as he did ... to a history that included the signings of Hideo Nomo, Hiroki Kuroda, Kenta Maeda and others.

Imanaga didn't need much time to acclimate to MLB. He went 15-3 with a 2.91 ERA ... The 1995 NL Rookie of the Year was Hideo Nomo. He was 26 years old and already had five years of NPB experience.