The designated hitter has long been considered a position meant traditionally for immobile power bats. It functioned as an extension of first base, for the players too defensively stretched to handle ...

Ohtani and wife Tanaka are two notable Japanese athletes, now living out their romance under the palm trees of LA.

Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers will be featured on four of ESPN’s first 10 “Sunday ...

The Red Sox' plan is for two-way prospect Conrad Cason both to pitch and be a position player right away this season.

Find out how tension mounts as Japan's biggest export since Shohei Ohtani will announce which major league uniform he will ...

The Dodgers, Padres and Blue Jays are reportedly the three finalists for the hard-throwing Japanese pitcher, who can sign ...

One player who many Dodger fans would likely want to see back is right-handed pitcher Joe Kelly. The 36-year-old has had two ...

The Toronto Blue Jays have been trying their best to land some of the top free agents in recent offseasons. Yet, they were unable to land any of them. This offs ...

Major League Baseball is once again getting one of Japan’s best young prospects for next to nothing.

Entering last offseason, the team knew two-way Japanese star Shohei Ohtani was entering a historic free agency. They knew decorated Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto was planning to come from Japan to ...

Roki Sasaki can sign with Major League Baseball teams during a nine-day window starting Wednesday, an unusual free agency with ripple effects for Latin American teenagers whose ...

The Mets had, according to Nick Castellanos of the Phillies, a legitimate MVP candidate in Jose Iglesias. The current free ...