Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball have officially finalized their agreement on a new posting system for players wishing to depart the Japanese baseball league for MLB before ...

An additional 14 players across seven teams have admitted to wagering at illegal online casinos, the Nippon Professional ...

Murakami's success has possibly shifted the dynamics for power hitters coming from Japan and brought hope to two ...

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was created in 1949 and is the highest level of baseball in Japan. NPB has produced some of the top players in MLB, like Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani. Let's look ...

A Nippon Professional Baseball umpire experienced a sudden and violent incident that landed him in intensive care. A foul ...

If you miss old-school starting pitcher duels, Nippon Professional Baseball is the place to find them. NPB averaged seven complete games per club last season, compared to just one per team in Major ...

Power-hitting Japanese corner infielder Munetaka Murakami is entering Major League Baseball's posting system and will be available to teams to sign as a free agent from Saturday through Dec. 22.

Japanese baseball has adopted a rule to punish players for dangerous swings, as an umpire remains unconscious almost a month ...

Deadlines spark action, and with teams reluctant to give Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami the long-term, nine-figure commitment many originally projected, the Chicago White Sox pounced on the ...

In Nippon Professional Baseball, a standard game consists of nine innings, just like in Major League Baseball in the United States. However, unlike MLB, NPB places limits on how many extra innings are ...