Baseball has seen its share of players who have been hyped before they ever played a game in the Major Leagues. Look no ...

If MLB can get Japan to follow all its teams, “We do believe there are payoffs in the B’s: billions,” commissioner Rob ...

Established in 1934, the Giants are one of the most influential teams in the Nippon Professional Baseball league. From the 1950s to the present, they have won the Japan Series championship 22 times, a ...

Shohei Ohtani is arguably the most popular athlete on the planet, and that superstardom has helped rapidly accelerate MLB’s ...

Nippon Professional Baseball says local interest remains high ... remain popular despite the outflow of talent. It said its long history and traditions bolstered local support and cited ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto combined with Shota Imanaga to make MLB history by starting the Opening Day game of the Tokyo Series, ...

Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a ...

He's the 21-year-old sensation from Japan who's already the most electric pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball. He's a once-in-a-generation ... There have only been 23 perfect games in MLB history.

Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...

The regular season is kicking off in Tokyo with a two-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, both of which have been boosted by Japanese players.