Simply put, the Los Angeles Dodgers have done a tremendous job of scouting international talent in Asian countries, specifically Japan. In the last three offseasons, they signed last year's World ...

Right-hander Takahiro Norimoto of the Rakuten Eagles in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball is planning to exercise his international free agent rights and gauge interest from both MLB and NPB teams ...

Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball have officially finalized their agreement on a new posting system for players wishing to depart the Japanese baseball league for MLB before ...

Livan Moinelo will be taking the mound for Team Cuba as they lock horns with Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday.

There was history in the Nippon Professional Baseball on Sunday. Roki Sasaki, a 20-year-old pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines, threw the league’s first perfect game in 28 years. “This is the ...

The 2023 regular season is approaching its final stages in the NPB. Here’s the latest on the players we’ve been keeping track of at MLBTR. If you need a refresher on more specific player profiles, ...

With pitcher Tatsuya Imai and infielder Kazuma Okamoto both reaching agreements with MLB teams over the past few days — and Munetaka Murakami signing with the Chicago White Sox last month — the book ...

Trevor Bauer is spending another season in Japan with the NPB. He agreed to a deal with the DeNa BayStars back in January, making this his second stint with the club. He has had great success in Japan ...

If you miss old-school starting pitcher duels, Nippon Professional Baseball is the place to find them. NPB averaged seven complete games per club last season, compared to just one per team in Major ...