All eyes will be on Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes as he enters his second season in the big leagues. MLB.com's David Adler named 12 'must-wat ...

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes had one of the better seasons of any player in 2024, but there is one player who he ...

Roki Sasaki could be the greatest Japanese pitcher ever. He hopes the Dodgers can turn him into just that, even if it means Shohei Ohtani outshines him.

Roki Sasaki has the talent to be an instant sensation the way Fernando Valenzuela or Hideo Nomo were in previous generations.

He had 45 strikeouts in 27.1 innings with a 0.99 ERA. Skenes went on to become the fifth rookie pitcher to start the MLB ...

Left-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him, and Hideki Matsui came just after, both boosting the country's confidence in a period of national malaise. Tsutsui termed Ichiro a “great cultural export," ...

Forced changes to baseball mechanics have derailed the careers of many ballplayers, but Hisashi Iwakuma improved spectacularly after the adjustments.

He is more athletic than Hideo Nomo was. He throws harder than Yu Darvish. Roki Sasaki is the most talented pitcher Japan has produced, and the 23-year-old with a 6-foot-4 frame and 102.5-mph ...

In 1995, the Dodgers made history by signing right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo, a five-time All-Star in Japan's Pacific League. Nomo became the first player from a Japanese professional league to ...