Baseball / MLB May 15, 2021
Shohei Ohtani ties AL home run lead in Angels' loss to Red Sox
Ohtani launched his first career home run over the famed Green Monster at Boston's Fenway Park, but the Los Angeles Angels came up short Friday.
Baseball / MLB Feb 27, 2021
Outfielder Shogo Akiyama will leave Cincinnati Reds spring training in Goodyear, Arizona, to tend to a personal matter, a team official said Friday. The official noted the matter is not COVID-19 related, but no further details were provided. It is unclear when Akiyama is expected ...
MLB Sep 30, 2020
Masahiro Tanaka and Shogo Akiyama gear up for expanded postseason
by Jason Coskrey
The two players are among six Japanese players participating in the wild-card round, including three experiencing their first big-league playoffs.
Baseball / MLB Jul 25, 2020
Rays' Yoshitomo Tsutsugo homers in MLB debut; Shogo Akiyama hits RBI single in first at-bat for Reds
Tsutsugo, who signed with the Rays over the winter, blasted an opposite-field home run off Blue Jays starter Ryu Hyun-jin.
Baseball / MLB Jul 9, 2020
Japanese players getting into swing of things ahead of MLB season
The Mariners' Yusei Kikuchi threw live batting practice on Wednesday in Seattle.
Baseball / MLB May 2, 2020
Japan's MLB stars in limbo with everyone else as pandemic plays out
Japan's major leaguers are playing the waiting game while MLB looks for a way to start its season
Baseball / MLB Dec 31, 2019
Seibu Lions outfielder Shogo Akiyama has agreed to a three-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds, according to a report released Monday on MLB.com. Initial reporting on the deal, which has not yet been announced by the National League club, indicates that its total value will ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Nov 11, 2019
Trio's MLB dreams may impact Samurai Japan's gold medal quest
by Jason Coskrey
The Hiroshima Carp's Ryosuke Kikuchi, quite possibly the most dynamic defensive second baseman in the world (at least in the conversation), could be playing in MLB next season. So too could the Yokohama BayStars' slugging captain Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and free agent outfielder Shogo Akiyama, one ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Oct 31, 2019
Hawks' Nobuhiro Matsuda receives seventh straight Golden Glove
by Jason Coskrey
It's awards season in Japanese baseball and just like at the end of the actual season, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are front and center. Four players from the recently crowned three-time defending Japan Series champions, the most of any team, were recognized on Thursday when ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Oct 29, 2019
Lions outfielder Shogo Akiyama to file for international free agency
Seibu Lions outfielder Shogo Akiyama said Tuesday he will file for international free agency in order to pursue a career in the major leagues. The 31-year-old Akiyama declared his intention at the Japan national team's training camp in Okinawa ahead of the upcoming Premier12 international ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Sep 25, 2019
Lions repeat as Pacific League champions
by Jason Coskrey
The Seibu Lions lost their best pitcher and one of their best hitters off last year's Pacific League title winner. As for the PL pennant, they're going to hold on to that a little while longer. The Seibu batters roared at the plate as usual, Zach ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 20, 2019
Shogo Akiyama drove in two runs to give the Seibu Lions the lead in a 4-2 victory over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Tuesday. Akiyama turned a one-run deficit into a one-run lead in the bottom of the fifth on a bases-loaded single off ...