For Dominican baseball hopefuls, age fraud cases and a curveball from Japan reflect a broken system
Despite years of corruption and criticism, the entry point for talented players from the Dominican Republic into Major League ...
Japanese freshman Rintaro Sasaki an instant hit with Stanford Cardinal baseball
Stanford star freshman Rintaro Suzuki and the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani both attended the same high school in Japan, where ...
College baseball notebook: Japanese star Rintaro Sasaki finds stroke right away in Stanford debut
Rintaro Sasaki certainly lived up to the yearlong hype surrounding his debut at Stanford. The slugging first baseman went 6 ...
Former Auburn pitcher preparing for his first season in Japanese baseball
Pitcher Trey Wingenter is at work at spring training, but not in the Cactus or the Grapefruit leagues. The former Bob Jones High School and Auburn standout is preparing for the Pacific League season ...
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Wednesday's Baseball Roundup: Imanaga "very honored" to start against countryman in Japan, more
Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga said Wednesday he was “very honored” to receive the opening day start against the Los ...
Spring Training games get underway. Here are 5 things to watch as baseball returns
After months of waiting and offseason maneuvering, Major League Baseball’s Spring Training gets going in earnest this weekend ...
While Manfred frets, some opposing players cheer the big-spending push of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred shared conflicting feelings about the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers this week, praising ...
Imanaga honored to be part of historic pitching matchup when Cubs face the Dodgers in Japan
Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga said Wednesday he was “very honored” to receive the opening day start against the Los ...
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MLB/ 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 decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed ...
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Yankees GM Explains Why He Can't Compete With Dodgers for Japanese Free Agents
J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content ... among other top Japanese players of their generation. Brian Cashman on the #Yankees failing to land recent Japanese free agents ...
Players 1, umpires 0: Cubs hurler Cody Poteet makes first ABS challenge in spring training and wins
GLENDALE, AZ (AP) — Chicago Cubs pitcher Cody Poteet believed the 95 mph fastball he threw to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max ...
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"Let's see if this kid's for real."- Dodgers VP Galen Carr on how they landed the Japanese pitching prodigy Roki Sasaki
Previously they roped in multi-talented baseball star Shohei Ohtani and ... We haven't really wanted a high school Japanese player this much since Ohtani." He further explained-"It was like ...