Outfielder Carson McCusker has decided to change scenery and try his luck in Japanese baseball, signing a one-year contract ...
Yakyu Cosmopolitan broke the news Thursday that the 27-year old outfielder has a contract in NPB. McCusker just made his MLB ...
We have been talking about the Phillies interest NPB players all week, so it is time to clear up the confusion and lay everything out in one place.
In late July, Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, visited Japan to announce support for players in the country’s top league, Nippon Professional ...
Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was created in 1949 and is the highest level of baseball in Japan. NPB has produced some of the top players in MLB, like Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani. Let's look ...
Taiwanese right-hander Jo Hsi Hsu has signed with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. It’s a three-year deal with incentives worth more than $9.6MM USD. Yihsuan Wang of ...
The Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball announced that left-hander Sam Long has been signed to a contract for ...
Former Los Angeles Angels reliever Kyle Keller has found a new home, which just happens to be overseas. The New York Post's Jon Heyman has reported that Keller signed a deal with the Yomiuri Giants of ...
TOKYO — At a time when premier Japanese baseball players are coming to the U.S. more frequently, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday he does not expect Japan’s top league, ...
The left-handed pitcher is leaving MLB to sign in Japan's NPB with the Chiba Lotte Marines. The Mets non-tendered Castillo earlier in November.
The Chicago Cubs have arrived in Japan for the 2025 MLB Tokyo Series. The trip should be an exciting experience for the Cubs and their players, especially for two organization members returning to ...