Baseball

Osaka – New Boston Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida said Thursday he intends to further make good on the Orix Buffaloes’ faith in him after he moves to MLB. “I want to display a game that is packed with gratitude, for people to see relentless effort,” the 173-cm slugger said […]

A neutral arbitrator reinstated Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on Thursday, reducing MLB’s suspension of 324 games, or roughly two full seasons, for violating the league’s domestic violence policy. Bauer, 31, is now eligible to pitch in 2023. The arbitrator did, however, uphold an unpaid suspension of 194 games […]

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge on was named the 16th captain in franchise history on Wednesday, on the heels of his MVP season and landmark free agent contract Judge, 30, signed a nine-year deal worth $360 million and was named the first captain in pinstripes since Hall of Fame […]

New York – Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga joined the New York Mets on Monday, taking his place alongside idols Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander in the MLB club’s starting roster. “It almost feels surreal,” Senga said through an interpreter at a news conference, showing off his new uniform after completing […]

New York – Japanese free-agent right-hander Kodai Senga has signed a five-year deal with the New York Mets, the National League club said Saturday. Senga will turn 30 on Jan. 30. According to MLB.com, his contract is worth $75 million with a full no-trade clause and an opt-out clause that […]

GINOWAN, Okinawa Pref. – Amateur baseball players from Japan and overseas are playing real games in the warm weather of Okinawa Prefecture in December, a time when pros spend the offseason with their families and amateurs practice in the cold. The Japan Winter League opened its inaugural one-month season on […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks said Thursday they have signed right-handed reliever Scott McGough, who spent the past four seasons in Japan with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, to a two-year contract with a mutual option for 2025. The deal is worth $6.25 million, according to local media. The 33-year-old is returning to […]

Masataka Yoshida helped lead the Orix Buffaloes to the franchise’s first Japan Series title since 1996 this season. The Boston Red Sox haven’t waited nearly as long for an MLB crown, but Yoshida wants to help add another to the trophy case at Fenway Park all the same. The former […]

Fukuoka – The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are set to acquire highly sought free-agent outfielder Kensuke Kondo, one of the best contact hitters in Japanese baseball, an executive of the club revealed Monday. The Hawks offered the 29-year-old Kondo an attractive deal to beat rival bids from four other Pacific League […]

When MLB’s owners tried to curtail overspending by creating a third tier of the luxury tax, it was immediately nicknamed the Cohen Tax. Steven Cohen, the owner of the New York Mets, took that as a compliment. “It’s better than a bridge being named after you,” he said at the […]