Here is a flowchart to determine whether you should be excited about the Japanese free agents coming to MLB this offseason.

When Shohei Ohtani stepped onto the field at the Tokyo Dome in March 2025, he wasn’t just playing a game – he was carrying forward more than 100 years of baseball ties between the U.S. and Japan. It ...

The Philadelphia Phillies have been trying to tap into the rich Japanese baseball pipeline in recent years. Will that change this offseason? Tatsuya Imai is the latest pitcher from Japan coveted by ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been linked to just about every big name on the market this offseason, and international free agent Munetaka Murakami is no different. The third baseman has taken over ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions, the first Major League Baseball team to accomplish such a feat in a quarter of a century. They did so through massive spending, ...

Munetaka Murakami stars with the Yakult Swallows in Japan and is expected to come to MLB this winter. (Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Mary DeCicco / Getty, Sports Nippon / Getty) The ...

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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have had a few of their players from last season head to Japan and another did so recently as well. Saitama Seibu Lions, a team in Nippon Professional Baseball, the ...

Righthander Genei Sato is reportedly expected to join the growing wave of top Japanese amateur players seeking development and draft eligibility through the United States college system. According to ...