Ichiro Suzuki was one of the faces of baseball during the 2000s after making the jump from the Japanese League to join the Seattle Mariners, paving the

On the heels of a rookie season for the ages, Pittsburgh Pirates star Paul Skenes could be in line to one-up his performance last year. MLB.com's David Adler r

Coming off of a history rookie season, Pittsburgh Pirates star Paul Skenes being the cover athlete for MLB The Show 25 wouldn't be much of a surprise. He isn't

Suzuki spent nine seasons with Orix in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball before joining MLB and the Mariners in 2001. While Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo was a star for the Dodgers in the 1990s, Suzuki was the first Japanese position player to enjoy that level of success in the majors.

I played college baseball and I love to follow the NBA, MLB, NFL and college basketball and baseball. Some baseball fans today may not be familiar with Hideo Nomo, but he was a well-known pitcher during his time in MLB. Before coming to the big leagues ...

On Aug. 14, 2023, Darvish set a new MLB record for most strikeouts by a Japanese-born pitcher, passing Hideo Nomo with his final strikeout against the Orioles at Petco Park, the 1,919th strikeout of his Major League career. Darvish made more history on May ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers brand is a global force that didn’t just appear overnight. The groundwork was laid decades ago when they sent Tommy Lasorda, who was just a scout, overseas in 1965 to conduct clinics.

The Washington Nationals signed Japanese pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara despite his losing record. General Manager Mike Rizzo believes the lefty is “big league ready.”

After what will go down in history as one of the greatest rookie seasons of all time, Pittsburgh Pirates pitching phenom and 2024 National League Rookie of the

What do you buy for the team that has everything? That is the question that the Los Angeles Dodgers have been wrestling with this winter. The answer, it would appear, is Roki Sasaki.

Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees. It wasn’t until his final one, in 2009, with the addition of lefty ace CC Sabathia, that he managed to get that elusive World Series ring.

Players are elected to the Hall of Fame provided they are named on at least 75% of ballots cast by eligible voting members of the BBWAA. With 394 ballots submitted in the 2025 election, candidates needed to receive 296 votes to be elected.