Baseball Nov 12, 2018
Japanese fans providing new experience for major leaguers
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Seeing a different baseball culture, complete with its own traditions, has been an eye-opening experience for the players on the major league squad — many of whom are in Japan for the first time — during the Japan All-Star Series. One of the things that ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jul 8, 2018
Teenage prospect Kaito Yuki targets major league career after choosing Royals over Koshien
Sixteen-year-old pitcher Kaito Yuki, who signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals, said Sunday he chose turning pro over playing high school ball, believing it will be his shortcut to the major leagues. "My goal is to do well in the majors. ...
Baseball / MLB Jul 7, 2018
Royals, 16-year-old pitcher Kaito Yuki hammer out minor league deal
The Kansas City Royals have agreed with 16-year-old pitcher Kaito Yuki on the terms of a minor league contract, sources said Saturday. Yuki, who represented Japan in a youth tournament in the United States last year, had rejected offers from a number of Japanese high ...
Baseball Oct 28, 2016
The SK Wyverns, one of 10 Korea Baseball Organization franchises, signed a two-year contract with former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday. According to the report, the 53-year-old American becomes the first manager in the Korean professional baseball league ...
Baseball Nov 22, 2015
For Eibner, call-up to Royals' 40-man roster a 'bittersweet' end at Premier 12
by Jason Coskrey
One of the biggest moments in his career left Brett Eibner conflicted, and the U.S. team without one of its key players just hours before the Premier 12 final on Saturday at Tokyo Dome. The deadline for MLB clubs to promote players to their 40-man ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | MAN ABOUT SPORTS Jul 14, 2015
Hillman won't rule out managing in Japan again
by Dave Wiggins
These days, you'll find Trey Hillman, the former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters skipper, serving as bench coach for the Houston Astros. In other words, Trey is 'Stros manager A.J. Hinch's righthand man. Um, if the Astros are in the first base dugout, that is. Managers like to ...