This article was first published before Tatsuya Imai agreed to a three-year deal with the Astros on Thursday, per source.

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was created in 1949 and is the highest level of baseball in Japan. NPB has produced some of the top players in MLB, like Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani. Let's look ...

Okamoto's track record of excellence and advanced offensive aptitude suggest he could make an immediate impact for the Blue ...

Right-hander Takahiro Norimoto of the Rakuten Eagles in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball is planning to exercise his international free agent rights and gauge interest from both MLB and NPB teams ...

Deadlines spark action, and with teams reluctant to give Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami the long-term, nine-figure commitment many originally projected, the Chicago White Sox pounced on the ...

The Seibu Lions have agreed to post right-hander Kona Takahashi for Major League teams this winter, according to a report from Nikkai Sports. Takahashi turns 29 in February, and he has a 2.95 ERA, ...

Nippon Professional Baseball’s Seibu Lions announced overnight that they will post Kona Takahashi for MLB clubs this offseason. The news isn’t necessarily shocking, as it was reported back in August ...

Genei Sato, a talented right-handed pitcher, is transferring from Sendai University in Shibata, Japan, to Penn State University, the program announced on Monday. Sato is expected to join the Nittany ...