Kyodo News on MSN1d
Baseball: Tsuyoshi Shinjo irked by players switching clubs after MLB stints
Nippon Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo voiced dissatisfaction Monday with posted players switching Japanese clubs upon ...
Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...
The Associated Press on MSN4d
MLB/ Roki Sasaki won't sign with New York Yankees, Texas Rangers or San Francisco Giants
NEW YORK--The New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants have ... amateur signing rules and the posting system ...
Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old 2-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare ...
Three Texas Rangers prospects crack Baseball America’s updated top 100 list
The bad news is that the Texas Rangers missed out on Baseball America’s newly minted top overall prospect when Japanese right ...
Rangers’ Ian Kinsler falls off Hall of Fame ballot; Ichiro, Sabathia, Wagner voted in
Ichiro became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall, falling one vote shy of a unanimous election on Tuesday.
MLB5d
Ranking the best rookie seasons by Japanese-born players
Sasaki wouldn’t be the first Japanese player to make the jump from Nippon Professional ... champion Rangers prior to the 2012 campaign. Still just 25 years old when he debuted in the Majors, Darvish ...
Sports Illustrated6d
Texas Rangers Emerging Star One of MLB's Best Outfield Building Blocks
The Texas Rangers were one of the biggest disappointments in baseball during the 2024 season ... like the player he did when he debuted as a professional. He went on a torrid run in June, slashing ...