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New York – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani added another honor to his collection on Thursday, winning his first Silver Slugger Award as designated hitter. The 27-year-old joins Ichiro Suzuki as the only Japanese players to win a Silver Slugger. Ichiro, the former Seattle Mariners outfielder, is a […]

Osaka – The Pacific League’s Orix Buffaloes beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 2-0 on Thursday while the Central League’s Tokyo Yakult Swallows downed the Yomiuri Giants 5-0 as both league champs moved to within a win or a tie of securing Japan Series berths. Yutaro Sugimoto hit a two-run home […]

When Orix Buffaloes manager Satoshi Nakajima was asked to recap his team’s victory in its postseason opener on Wednesday, there was only one thing on his mind. “Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Yamamoto — right?” Nakajima said. The Chiba Lotte Marines were probably muttering the same thing in the visiting clubhouse, only more […]

The finalists for the 2021 All-MLB Team were announced Wednesday night on MLB Network, and Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani was named at two positions, designated hitter and starting pitcher. Ohtani, who became Major League Baseball’s first two-way All-Star this summer, and relief pitcher Raisel Iglesias are the only […]

Osaka – Japan’s league champions each won Game 1 of their Climax Series playoffs final stage series on Wednesday, with the Pacific League’s Orix Buffaloes beating the Chiba Lotte Marines 1-0 behind a four-hit shutout from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and the Central League’s Tokyo Yakult Swallows downing the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 […]

Infielder Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays and outfielder Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies were named winners of the 2021 Hank Aaron Award on Tuesday night. Guerrero won the honor for the American League while Harper was the recipient for the National League. It marks the second […]

New York – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was on Monday named one of three finalists for the American League’s Most Valuable Player award by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Ohtani, Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — who beat out Ohtani by two to […]

Chiba – Leonys Martin hit a ball that looked like it might land in Osaka. A happy coincidence, because that’s exactly where he and the rest of the Chiba Lotte Marines are headed. Martin connected on a deep solo home run to right to even the score in the seventh […]

Chiba – Roki Sasaki looked up at the video board during his warmups in right field and couldn’t conceal a smile — he’d noticed a friend cheering in the stands as the camera panned the crowd at Zozo Marine Stadium on Saturday. In the moment with that grin on his […]

Japanese star Seiya Suzuki will get the chance to sign with a Major League Baseball team before the 2022 season, MLB.com reported. Suzuki, a right fielder, will be posted by the Hiroshima Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball following the Japan Series later this month, per the report. Posting is the […]