Returns to Japan ...

“Playing in the NPB has always been a dream of mine and I can’t think of a better organization to do it with,” Bauer said in a statement Monday, referring to Nippon Professional Basebal ...

In 2016 he became the youngest position player at age 16 to play in a World Baseball Classic Qualifier ... Black and veteran non-roster invitee Jake Bauers also certain to log innings there ...

Tomoyuki Sugano just struck out OF prospect Jud Fabian swinging in #Orioles live BP. Here are two whiffs from the at-bat, including the final one: pic.twitter.com ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball have signed right-hander Pedro Avila, according to multiple reports out of Japan. Avila elected free agency in January rather than ...

Bauers has a good chance of making the Brewers' Opening Day roster, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Bauers elected free agency after being removed from the Brewers' 40-man ...

Yunior Marte, who last threw in the major leagues in 2024 with the Philadelphia Phillies, agreed to terms to pitch for Nippon Professional Baseball's Chunichi Dragons. He'll join another former ...

Sasaki set the Japanese high school record with 140 career home runs and opted out of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league draft to play college ball in the United States. Texas A&M ...

Some players from a professional baseball team have admitted to gambling on an online casino, following the revelation that Orix Buffaloes pi･･･ ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams began their spring training workouts Saturday, with many of them in indoor facilities due to bad weather. Seven teams started ...

One of the most talented shortstops in Nippon Professional Baseball history, Yoshida retired in 1969 after having 1,864 hits and 350 stolen bases in his 17-year career, all with the Tigers.