Roki Sasaki, the Japanese pitching sensation, has signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, surprising fans who expected him to ...

San Diego Padres ace Yu Darvish's wife, Seiko Yamamoto, is a wrestler and submission grappler. The 44-year-old has won the freestyle wrestling gold in five World Championships and a submission ...

Yu Darvish, a prominent MLB pitcher ... The Padres’ star pitcher is not only one of the most loved athletes in Japan but also one of the most significant faces in the MLB during the current ...

The Cubs will be slightly disappointed as team president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer personally scouted the 23-year-old.

Yu Darvish, a prominent MLB pitcher, played a crucial role in mentoring Roki Sasaki during his early baseball career. Darvish ...

Sasaki's nickname is a tribute to legendary Japanese starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was known as the "Monster of the ...

Sasaki runs a tight ship, and the teams that are chasing him have for the most part followed suit. But details from his trip to San Diego have begun to trickle out, and they should have Padres fans ...

Dodgers' NL rivals, San Diego Padres were also one of the strong contenders for Sasaki with the young ace hailing Padres star Yu Darvish as his mentor. The 23-year-old will join his senior Japanese ...

The Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball ... That meant any recruiting pitch from Yu Darvish could not be done face-to-face. “One of the criteria for the meetings is ...

Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in ...

Sasaki is said to idolize Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish, who paved a path for Japanese starting pitchers in the big leagues. Sasaki is said to not care much about market size, but is ...

This isn't an exaggeration. Sasaki is perhaps the most coveted prospect to arrive from Japan since at least Yu Darvish. And that includes the highly touted arrivals of Dodgers starting pitcher ...