The Japan Series is a big deal for the Chicago Cubs. It’s obviously a bigger deal for Shota Imanaga. The second-year Cubs ...

Imanaga finished fifth in National League Cy Young voting and fourth in NL Rookie of the Year balloting last season.

There is a high chance that Imanaga faces a fellow countryman in the opening game. While superstar Shohei Ohtani does not ...

Half an hour by train from Shibuya (the Tokyo district famed for its chaotic crossing), this lesser-known city may be the ...

Notes: Shota Imanaga is lined up to pitch in the Tokyo Series, and Nico Hoerner has begun throwing and hitting.

The Yomiuri Giants were forced indoors by rain for the second straight year, but it didn’t dampen their spirits on the ...

Former Major League Baseball star pitcher Trevor Bauer is headed back to Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league.

Bauer signed with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars just a few days ago in what will be his second NPB stint. For now, he seems content in doing just that, though a recent social media rant suggests he'd ...

Now, the RHP has left Mexico to re-sign with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in the NPB for the upcoming baseball season. Bauer's agent, Rachel Luba took to social media to share an image from their ...

Though now eligible to pitch in MLB after a two-season ban under the league's domestic violence policy, Trevor Bauer will pitch abroad again in Japan.

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San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama is officially headed back to All-Star weekend. Wembanyama — to no surprise — was picked for his second consecutive Rising Stars event, which will be played on Feb. 14 ...