Roki Sasaki is here. Munetaka Murakami could be next. From Shohei Ohtani to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Sasaki, there's been a wave of young Japanese superstars coming to MLB from Nippon Professional Baseball over the last few seasons.

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Elvin Rodriguez has signed a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers with a club option for 2026 after pitching in Japan last season

The 26-year-old right-hander went 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA and one save in 32 games with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball last season. He appeared in one game with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2023 and pitched seven games ...

Elvin Rodríguez has signed a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers with a club option for 2026 after pitching in Japan last season. The 26-year-old right-hander went 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA and one save in 32 games with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball last season.

Nippon Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo heads to a meeting of managers of the 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Ham Fighters ...

That leads to a posting fee of $700K. Ogasawara, 27, pitched in part of nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. He threw 951 1/3 innings, allowing 3.62 ...

Ogasawara, 27, joins the Nationals after he pitched to a 3.12 ERA in 24 games in 2024 for the Chunichi Dragons of the the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. He walked just 22 batters and ...

Ogasawara, 27, was a NPB All-Star in 2023 and pitched in nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of the the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization. The Nationals have signed Shinnosuke Ogasawara ...

The Nationals will pay a $700K posting fee to his former team, the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. It’s a $4.2MM investment altogether. Fellow lefty Joe La Sorsa was ...

Sasaki joins the World Series champions after spending the last four seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball league. The 6-foot-2-inch pitcher whose fastball can ...

Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)--The Liberal Democratic Party group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly said Thursday that 26 people, including former assembly members, will make corrections to their ...