Major League Baseball conducted an investigation into the Chiba Lotte Marines prior to authorizing Roki Sasaki's posting. Read more at MLBTR.

The Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki’s Nippon Professional ... been considered a professional and could have signed a deal for any amount. That’s the route Yoshinobu Yamamoto took, eventually ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a record-setting ... Yamamoto pitched once per week during his time in Nippon Professional Baseball, whereas most MLB starters take the mound ...

Aoyagi, 31, spent nine seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, where he posted a 3.08 ERA over 898⅓ innings pitched. The Phillies have not had a Japanese player since 2008.

The Dodgers also will pay $50.6 million in a posting fee for Yamamoto. The New York ... Triple Crown in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball as he led the league in wins, ERA and ...

Japanese star Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced on Instagram. The 23-year-old right-hander with a sizzling fastball and deadly splitter joins Samurai Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto with the World Series champion Dodgers.

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed to a minor league contract with the Athletics.

Roki Sasaki is set to make his decision to join an MLB team in the next 10 days and most of the signs point towards the young Japanese flamethrower signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The prized righty pitcher was one of the most sought-after international free agents in recent memory and picked the Dodgers over a considerable list of other suitors.

Shohei Ohtani reportedly played a large role in starting pitcher Rōki Sasaki signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ohtani was part of a contingent of

The Dodgers were deemed a favorite to land star international prospect Roki Sasaki from the moment he was posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball this offseason. On Friday, as Cubs Convention was just getting rolling in Chicago,