Japan manager Hirokazu Ibata voiced hope that Yusei Kikuchi will pitch for Japan at the World Baseball Classic in March next ...

Japan will get one final shot to get a win and advance to the knockout stage when it takes on Venezuela on Tuesday night in ...

Shinnosuke Ogasawara’s locker was bustling Friday morning when the left-hander from Japan reported for his first day at ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced Thursday ...

Pitchers and catchers begin on-field work for most clubs in Arizona and Florida, though the Cubs got going Sunday and the ...

CARY, N.C. – USA Baseball today announced that Rick Eckstein will return to manage the 18U National Team in 2025. Eckstein, ...

Roki Sasaki was warming up for his bullpen on a cool, breezy Wednesday morning at Camelback Ranch, when the right-hander let ...

Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride ... playing baseball at age 7 on a Little League team near Nagoya in central Japan. Sure, baseball is baseball, but the culture around the game ...