Major league hitters are scuffling against the offerings of Japanese pitching stars Roki Sasaki, Shota Imanaga, and Yoshinobu ...

While some windups defy the rules of physics, others resemble dancing routines. Some of the most bizarre pitching actions ...

Yu Darvish pulled even with Hideo Nomo's career win total on Tuesday ... Darvish benefitted hugely from Nomo's move to MLB, where he proved that Japan's top stars could exceed at the highest ...

On February 13, 1995, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed star Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo to ... That made Nomo the first Japanese-born pitcher to appear in an MLB game since Masanori Murakami pitched ...

Hideo Nomo was the first Japanese-born player to relocate permanently to the MLB. He enjoyed a phenomenal start to his major league career upon his major league debut with the Dodgers in 1995.

You said he has clean mechanics. What are "clean" mechanics? I understand smooth (he doesn't look like Kevin Appier or Hideo Nomo) and consistent (he looks the same on every pitch from the press ...

Spencer Schwellenbach began last season at the High-A level, made his MLB debut less than two months later and then spent the ...

He is also just the fifth rookie to start an All-Star game, with Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers doing so in 1995, en route to winning NL Rookie of the Year. Skenes also made the All-MLB ...

MLB.com's Will Leitch gave seven predictions ... Pittsburgh's ace was also the first rookie pitcher to start an All-Star game since Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995.

Roki Sasaki hasn't even gotten into an MLB regular season game yet, and he's already being given high praise. He features a splitter as his signature pitch, and former two-time MLB All-Star Harold ...