That leads to a posting fee of $700K. Ogasawara, 27, pitched in part of nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. He threw 951 1/3 innings, allowing 3.62 ...

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Ogasawara, 27, was a NPB All-Star in 2023 and pitched in nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of the the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. The Nationals have signed Shinnosuke Ogasawara ...

Japanese pitchers who make the jump to the major leagues have often said the baseballs there are slipperier than those in Nippon Professional Baseball. But no one had done a scientific study on ...

For the first time since becoming the Washington Nationals in 2005, the team has signed an international player directly from ...

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Another Japanese-born superstar hints at a future with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hiroto Takahashi was spotted practicing in Dodgers gear.

Amy Schumer said she played by her own rules when she hooked up with a professional baseball player. The comedian was a guest on the latest installment of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, ...

Munetaka Murakami could be next. From Shohei Ohtani to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Sasaki, there's been a wave of young Japanese superstars coming to MLB from Nippon Professional Baseball over the last few ...

Mizuhara Ippei, former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Ohtani Shohei, apparently impersonated the baseball player in a phone call to a bank to transfer money. The US Justice Department ...

The Washington Nationals are beefing up their rotation! The MLB team has inked a two-year, $3.5 million deal with left-handed ...

On October 4, 2024, the Brooklyn Museum will debut Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art, a transformative reinstallation of its American Art galleries and a highlight of the institution’s 200th ...