MLB Players from Japan ⚾ 日本人メジャーリーガー Currently Active (現役) All Players(歴史) There are 14 Japanese players active in MLB this year RokiSasaki RHP Free Agent 佐々木朗希 (ささき・ろき) Bats: R Throws: R Current Age 23 6-2, 187lb (188cm, 84kg) MLB Debut: Not Ye...
The 2025 MLB regular season will begin with the the Tokyo Series presented by Guggenheim at the Tokyo Dome, featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19. Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan March 18-19, 2025...
The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers can party like it’s 2022 on a baseball field for a few days in Japan, and even like it’s 1982 off of it.
He had a .402 career on-base percentage in Japan and has yet to match that in MLB, but his .366 OPB in 2024 was his best since joining the Cubs in 2022. Suzuki has two seasons remaining on a five-year, $85 million contract he signed prior to the 2...
April 11, 2025 Team USA has its leadership in place ahead of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. On Thursday, USA Baseball announced that Mark DeRosa will return to the dugout to manage the United States at the 2026 WBC, marking his second consecutive stint leading the stars and stripes at the...
Two young stars — 19-year-old Rintaro Sasaki and 18-year-old Shotaro Morii— have moved directly to American baseball, bypassing NPB restrictions and unwritten societal norms of playing first in Japan. Sasaki is a freshman at Stanford, while Morii has a minor league contract with the Athletics...
power, which was on display from his time playing in Japan. The Marlins and Astros are two clubs interested in him for this period and may have enough money to sign him; the White Sox and their long track record of signing Cuban players are certainly interested in the next ...
Not all of those teams will be clear fits. Atlanta has a crowded outfield, for instance, and will soon welcomeRonald Acuna Jr.back now that he’s begun a rehab stint. The White Sox and Rockies have younger, controllable players to whom they’d prefer to allocate playing time. But outfiel...
Sometimes it's unfair to judge Japanese players by traditional standards. Hideki Matsui’s stats in Japan were amazing, but they were just decent in MLB. “Godzilla” was a power hitter, once hitting 50 home runs in Japan in a season. However, in 10 seasons in MLB, he only hit over ...
One of the best players in KBO history, Lee holds league records for homers, RBIs, runs and total bases. He won five KBO MVP Awards and four Korean Series championships during his career, and he earned a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Lee also spent time playing in Japan and ...