MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have found a replacement for Joe Mauer at catcher.The Twins and catcher Kurt Suzuki agreed to a $2.75 million, one-year contract on Friday,
Last offseason, the A’s made a major splash in the international free agent market by signing then shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima. He was supposed to come to Oakland and
The Chicago Cubs have made it clear that their top priority for the offseason this year is to sign Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Tanaka is one of the
Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka‘s baseball future was thrown into flux Thursday when the president of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles told a newspaper that the team might not
The Kansas City Royals acquired outfielder Norichika Aoki from Milwaukee to be their leadoff hitter Thursday, which also means the Brewers are likely to shift Ryan Braun to
Red Sox closer Koji Uehara, who set the record for the lowest WHIP in baseball history while also becoming the first pitcher ever with at least 100 strikeouts
Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish finished second in the American League Cy Young Award voting on Wednesday, losing out to Max Scherzer of the Tigers in the 2013 voting
Two big reasons for the Dodgers success this year were rewarded on Monday, as first-year players Yasiel Puig and Hyun-jin Ryu made the 2013 All-Rookie Team at Baseball
The 2013 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox has featured some wacky endings, and that trend continued in Game 4 as Cards rookie
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) — Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw seven shutout innings in the team’s 3-0 win over the St. Cardinals at home
Will Koji Uehara Maintain Insane Dominance Under Postseason Pressure? Hi-res-181395785-koji-uehara-of-the-boston-red-sox-throws-in-the-8th_crop_north Jim Rogash/Getty Images Chances are 38-year-old middle relievers don’t usually become stars overnight, but due to injuries in
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds probably would have liked Daisuke Matsuzaka‘s first career appearance against them to come at another time — such as next season. Matsuzaka scattered
The country is realising outside competition is essential to progress, writes Kurt Campbell Baseball, America and Japan’s shared national pastime, is a useful window through which to view
BOSTON — Blue Jays infielder Munenori Kawasaki is almost always the happiest guy in the room, but there was a rare display of anger during Saturday night’s 4-2
BOSTON (CBS) – Since early July, Koji Uehara had been unhittable. Some even started to question if he was actually a human, or some machine sent from the
BOSTON — Fourteen years later, there was no need for a young pitchers tears in Japan. Nippon Professional Baseball has evolved since Red Sox closer Koji Uehara‘s rookie
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The greatest season ever by a Red Sox closer became even more memorable Wednesday night. By tossing another scoreless ninth inning in a tie
You probably saw the news the other day about Koji Uehara. If not, here is CBSSports.com’s Mike Axisa: Twenty-seven up, 27 down. That’s what Red Sox closer Koji
When John Farrell was asked about Koji Uehara, two sentences from the manager offered the highest compliment a closer might receive. Red Sox closer Koji Uehara has pitched
Choo Shin-soo of the Cincinnati Reds reached the 20-homer plateau for the third time in his Major League Baseball (MLB) career at home on Thursday. At Great American
OAKLAND, Calif. — Kurt Suzuki couldn’t have scripted his return to the Oakland Coliseum any better. A longtime fan favorite for the Athletics, he greeted his old supporters
Daisuke Matsuzaka realizes his poor results in three starts with the Mets could jeopardize his spot in the rotation. Even so, it appears the right-hander will be given
Daisuke Matsuzaka froze the incomparable Miguel Cabrera with a breaking ball for a called third strike in the fifth inning, his ninth of 10 consecutive batters retired to
Taipei, Aug. 25 CNA Taiwan-born Major League pitcher Chien-ming Wang was replaced after throwing only three innings for the Toronto Blue Jays in which the Toronto team trailed
On a breezy Saturday afternoon in June, Hyun-Jin Ryu stands face to face with this writer for an impromptu, long-sought-after interview in the corner of a private parking
Wei-Yin Chen allowed two runs over seven innings in a win over the Rays on Wednesday. At this point the Orioles and fantasy owners know what they’re getting
The Astros’ closer-by-committee has officially become a two-person committee between righthanded rookies Josh Fields and Chia-Jen Lo. “I’ll fluctuate between (Lo and Fields) based on the workload previously
Taipei, (CNA) Taiwanese reliever Chia-Jen Lo has been recalled from Double-A Corpus Christi and will be making his debut on a Major League active roster, his team, the
HOUSTON — With every swing and miss, this looked as if it might be the day Yu Darvish pitched a no-hitter against the overmatched Houston Astros. And then
Tsuyoshi Wada is scheduled to make his next start for Triple-A Norfolk on Monday afternoon against Rochester. He hasnt allowed a run in his last two outings, walking
MATSUYAMA, EHIME PREF. – High school pitcher Tomohiro Anraku, whose extreme pitch counts this spring drew worldwide attention, pitched Saibi High School into the upcoming National High School
Watch the ESPN feature on Anraku here: Video Japan’s unique baseball culture reveres dominant young pitchers who often throw hundreds of pitches over a few days. These are Tomohiro Anraku’s
