Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The MLB offseason changed dramatically Saturday with the announcement by the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Pro Baseball that ... with its team logo. After landing Yamamoto ...

Without MLB’s top stars, the Premier12 turns into a platform for rising talents and future hopefuls, drawing from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, South Korea’s KBO League, and the U.S ...

WHATEVER FINALLY BROUGHT Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge together, be it fate or kismet or financial might or a lucky draw or some ... prepared to leave Nippon Professional Baseball after the ...

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 ...

"I really thank the team for allowing me (to play in MLB)," Sasaki said in a statement released through the Marines, a team in the Pacific League of the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization ...

Oct. 31 — Trading resumes, day after World Series. Nov. 1-Dec. 5 — Period for Nippon Professional Baseball clubs to post players for availability to MLB clubs. Nov. 4 — Last day for club to ...

This extension marks Espinoza's second season with the Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball, where he’ll look to continue his impact through 2025. In 2023, Espinoza returned with the Padres ...

clearing the path for the hard-throwing 23-year-old to transfer from Nippon Professional Baseball to MLB. Sasaki will be subject to international amateur free-agent restrictions, making him ...

(Wilfredo Lee / AP) The Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball announced over the weekend that they would “post” 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki this fall, granting the next ...

In 143 regular-season games, SoftBank scored a Nippon Professional Baseball-leading 607 runs.

Those complex negotiations between the Chiba Lotte Marines, Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball could decide the future of the sport’s next potential superstar. Advertisement ...