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Former big-leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka has signed a new one-year deal with the Saitama Seibu Lions, the Pacific League club said Monday. The 40-year-old right-hander rejoined the Lions last December after 14 years away, but he did not pitch for their first team this season after undergoing cervical spine surgery in […]

After a tumultuous year away from baseball, powerful outfielder Oscar Colas said he is now ready to sign with a big league club thanks in part to the lessons he learned from his time in Japan. The 22-year-old Colas refused to play this past season for the Pacific League’s Fukuoka […]

One long reign continued while another came to an end at the 49th edition of the Mitsui Golden Glove Awards. The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks led all teams with four players selected as the top defensive specialists at their position when the winners were announced at a Tokyo hotel on Friday […]

Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano is going to have to find room in his suitcase for one more piece of hardware depending on his plans for 2021. The Kyojin ace, who many expect to be pitching for an MLB club next season, was named the Central League MVP during the […]

Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano is going to need to find room in his suitcase for another piece of hardware depending on his plans for 2021. The Kyojin ace, who many expect to be pitching for an MLB club in 2021, was named the Central League MVP during the NPB […]

New York – Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte Irvin’s big league batting average should climb over .300 and Satchel Paige may add nearly 150 victories to his total. Josh Gibson, the greatest of all Negro League sluggers, might just wind up with a major league […]

Cleveland – The Cleveland Indians are changing their name — they just don’t know to what or when. Expressing that “it’s time,” owner Paul Dolan said that after months of internal discussions and meetings with groups, including Native Americans who have sought to have the team stop using a moniker […]

Cleveland – The Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years. Citing three people familiar with the decision, The New York Times reported Sunday night that the team is moving away from a name considered racist for decades. The Indians have been internally discussing a potential name change for […]

Cleveland – The Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years. Citing three people familiar with the decision, The New York Times reported Sunday night that the team is moving away from a name considered racist for decades. The Indians have been internally discussing a potential name change for […]

Nagoya – Former big league outfielder Kosuke Fukudome returned to the Chunichi Dragons, his first pro team, the Central League club announced Saturday. The 43-year-old left-handed hitter joined the Dragons in 1999 out of the corporate leagues. Fukudome, the CL’s 2006 MVP, spent five seasons in the big leagues, mostly […]