Topic: Nippon Professional Baseball

Japan ace Darvish set for majors move

Japanese star pitcher Yu Darvish has signed with agents on both sides of the Pacific to smooth his much-awaited move to Major League Baseball (MLB) in North America, a press report said Monday.Noted US agent Arn Tellem will negotiate with major league ...

Twins land Japanese batting champion Nishioka

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Minnesota Twins have signed Japanese batting champion Tsuyoshi Nishioka to a three-year, $9 million contract, the Major League Baseball team said on Friday.The deal also includes a club option for the 2014 season, the Twins said in a ...
There is not free movement of players between Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB) in the U.S. Despite no players being garnering attention since Igawa's poor showing, 2010 is expected to see Japanese players again make their way ...

Japan's Kikuchi in a dilemma over league offers

Japanese teen pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, winding up interviews with 20 US major league and domestic clubs, said Tuesday he was in a deeper dilemma over where he will play after graduating from school in March. "I find it more difficult to decide ...