Ohtani made the decision to join the MLB in 2017 after playing for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league ... Strauss logo on helmets for postseason ...

By Brad Lefton Five of the 12 managers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have M.L.B. experience. All of them played for the Mets. By Brad Lefton A polarizing redevelopment plan would level ...

That doesn’t mean the Marines are willing to do the same. The posting agreement between MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball ties the NPB team’s compensation to the value of the free agent ...

and won the batting title three times in the Central League of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB. "I have decided to retire at the end of the 2024 season," Aoki ...

Nippon Professional Baseball received an official warning on Thursday that its rules regarding player agents may be illegal. The Japan Fair Trade Commission stated a concern that the NPB rule ...

Ariel Martinez of the Nippon Ham Fighters hits a three-run home run in the fifth inning of a Pacific League game against the Orix Buffaloes on Sept. 7, 2024, at Es Con Field Hokkaido outside Sapporo.

Ohtani created the 50-50 club, went 6 for 6 and clinched a playoff berth for the first time all in one afternoon ...

Japanese pitchers who make the jump to the major leagues have often said the baseballs there are slipperier than those in Nippon Professional Baseball. But no one had done a scientific study on ...

Just like their counterparts in Major League Baseball, the players in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have various ongoing labor battles in the context of their league. Evan Drellich of The ...