Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball are discussing two proposals to replace the current posting system that would eliminate Japanese teams' ability to set a negotiating price for posted players. Speaking at Wednesday's NPB owners meeting, Giants owner Shoichi Oikawa said two proposals are ...
Should Shohei Otani move to the majors via the posting system, as informed sources said Tuesday he expects to do, it will be a rare case where money will not be a primary factor in negotiations. Now 23, a fifth-year pro, and the Pacific League's ...
Nippon Professional Baseball is working to line up November exhibition games in order to strengthen its national team before the 2020 Olympics, commissioner Katsuhiko Kumazaki said Thursday. "We are currently planning meaningful international games for November," Kumazaki said. With the exception of the 2019 Premier 12, ...
Second in a two-part series Yokohama BayStars president Jun Ikeda won't claim that money can buy a championship. He does, however, believe there is a "borderline" in terms of payroll that gives teams a better chance to post good results and win titles. The BayStars' payroll ...
First in a two-part series The Yokohama BayStars have been stuck in the bottom half of the Central League standings — seven times at the very bottom — for each of the last 10 years. This has led to the fans wearing more frowns than ...
Nippon Professional Baseball's revised collision-prevention guidelines will be put into effect this week, the commissioner's office announced Wednesday. Starting on Friday, runners will be called out if they clearly initiate contact with fielders while trying to score, while runners whose path to home base is ...
The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association on Friday decided to oppose Nippon Professional Baseball's potential mid-year introduction of the revised guidelines on preventing home plate collisions. The controversial guideline introduced this season strictly prohibits fielders from remaining in the third-base line as runners approach the ...
Nippon Professional Baseball's owners have signed off on a policy of interrupting the 2020 season while the Tokyo Olympics are taking place. "We will support the Olympics — a national event — in every way," Hanshin Tigers owner Shinya Sakai said after NPB Owners Meeting ...
The players union met with management representatives on Friday to discuss delaying the start of the 2017 season on account of the World Baseball Classic. Nippon Professional Baseball has settled on a March 31 start for next season, but the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association ...
Ichiro Suzuki went 2-for-5 in the Miami Marlins' 11-inning, 6-4 loss against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday to reach 4,246 hits over his career in the United States and Japan. The major league record for hits is 4,256, held by Pete Rose. Ichiro singled in the ...
Starting this year, umpires in Nippon Professional Baseball will be able to use video replay to assist on plays at home plate. From this year, NPB will no longer permit catchers to violate rule 7.06(b) — the long-existing rule that prohibits players from blocking the ...
Nippon Professional Baseball will ban three Yomiuri Giants pitchers indefinitely for their involvement in a gambling scandal and fine the team ¥10 million.
