The Yankees wanted Shohei Ohtani as much as everyone else when the pitching/hitter phenom left Japan for the Angels in 2019. GM Brian Cashman was bummed again two winters ago when Ohtani was a free ...

Brian Cashman was asked why the Dodgers had more success luring Japanese free agents the last two offseasons, and pointed to ...

The Padres signed left-hander Kyle Hart on the heels of a breakout in the Korea Baseball Organization. Read more at MLB Trade ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. — It turns out, Chris Martin, the de facto leader to be the closer in the Rangers’ recently overhauled ...

In recent seasons, initial closers across the league have ultimately delivered approximately 50% of total saves, per data compiled by Jeff Zimmerman (a true hero for taking on the task). Over the past ...

Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes, Pete Alonso, Blake Snell, Alex Bregman, Willy Adames and Max Fried are among the top players who ...

Yasushi Matsui, the Toyota Motor supplier's financial officer, provided insight into how some of Japan's biggest corporations aim to navigate potential higher import taxes in the U.S. His comments ...

Yasushi Matsui, the Toyota Motor (7203.T), opens new tab supplier's financial officer, provided insight into how some of Japan's biggest corporations aim to navigate potential higher import taxes ...

There's not much question that while Major League Baseball remains the most prestigious ... Nomo and Ichiro -- along with others like Hideki Matsui and Kaz Sasaki -- were pioneers at the time ...

That’s Hideki Matsui. Matsui was on the 2018 Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot. He was checked on just four of the 422 ballots submitted (0.9%) and therefore fell off it permanently.

After securing a trio of marquee returners—outfielder Jace LaViolette, third baseman Gavin Grahovac and starting pitcher Ryan Prager—and bringing in one of the best transfer classes in the ...

Hideki Matsui, Seiya Suzuki and Masataka Yoshida. Yet that wasn't enough for the Mariners standout to garner unanimous support from the voters of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.