It’s the second consecutive offseason in which MLB teams will compete for arguably NPB’s best pitcher. Unlike the Yoshinobu Yamamoto bidding, Sasaki’s earning power is capped at a few ...

Last winter, we wrote about how Major League Baseball's offseason had been dominated by international free agents. At the ...

Sasaki, not yet officially posted by Japan's Chiba Lotte Marines, is classified by MLB as an amateur free agent because of ...

The Boston Red Sox high-priority target from the NPB, will be posted to the MLB this offseason ... in the World Baseball Classic for Team Japan in 2023, posting a 3.52 ERA. The Red Sox were ...

Baseball America is kicking off prospect season with the rollout of our team-by-team Top 10 prospect rankings for 2025. Over the next two months, we’ll be publishing updated scouting reports for ...

his team in the NPB, Japan’s highest level of professional baseball, per Francys Romero. He can either continue negotiating with the Marines, or post himself to the MLB. The Red Sox were one ...

Sasaki is considered one of the best pitchers in the world. His market will include all 30 teams, notably the Phillies, who ...

The New York Yankees are among the teams that have expressed interest in signing Japanese ace Roki Sasaki this offseason, ...

He is the No. 3-ranked player on The Athletic’s Top 40 MLB free agent big board ... to sign with a major-league team. Dec. 15 is the last day that an NPB player can be posted, a league source ...

It’s the second consecutive offseason in which MLB teams will compete for arguably NPB’s best pitcher. Unlike the Yoshinobu Yamamoto bidding, Sasaki’s earning power is capped at a few ...

ending his MLB stint. The lefty made his triumphant NPB comeback in 2016 with his former team, the SoftBank Hawks. That season, he won the most games as a pitcher and the best win percentage on ...

The offseason pitching market got a lot more interesting with Japanese superstar Roki Sasaki set to be posted for MLB teams.