The New York Yankees could definitely use a young slugger with a strong track record and untapped potential. Such an option might not be available this off-season, but next winter, a top Japanese first baseman should enter MLB through the posting system: it’s the soon-to-be 25-year-old first baseman Munetaka Murakami.
Five former MLB players with the Yankees and/or Mets are expected to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Steinbrenner wants fans to believe that he can't possibly compete with L.A., but no one should buy it.
The three BBWAA honorees will go in this summer along with Dave Parker and Dick Allen, voted in last month by the classic era committee.
The New York Yankees have signed five prospects from the Dominican Republic this offseason, with the latest, shortstop Mani Cedeño, the most highly rated.
MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his fastball as a 17-year-old in 2019, part of a 194-pitch, 12-inning, 21-strikeout complete game in the national summer Koshien tournament.
When he had moved there for school, he figured he was putting his baseball fandom on the backburner. He had fallen in love with the sport in his native Tokyo, where Nippon Professional Baseball is a popular pastime.
During the gestation period for the place that would become baseball’s sacred shrine, Time Magazine, the New York Times and other periodicals referred to it as the “Baseball Hall of Fame.” Then, when the stately brick building housing the Hall officially opened in 1939,
Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball's Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the
The Los Angeles Dodgers cemented their status as Major League Baseball's new "Evil Empire" this offseason with a raft of acquisitions that position the team as favorites to repeat as World Series champions.
The Los Angeles Dodgers cemented their status as Major League Baseball's new "Evil Empire" this offseason with a raft of acquisitions that position the team as favorites to repeat as World Series champions.
Ichiro Suzuki said he wants to meet with the one person who voted against his induction into the Hall of Fame after he fell one vote shy of being unanimous.