Two thousand fans piled into their seats at Stanford University's baseball stadium in Palo Alto, filling the grandstands and ...
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While we are discussing expectations, trade and a Japanese baseball phenom ... The Red Sox are gearing up to bring back Masataka Yoshida as trade rumors surrounding him start to fizzle out.
Yoshida, 29, spent last season with the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. He led Orix to a Japan Series championship this past season, hitting .335 with 21 home runs and 88 ...
This off-season we have seen two of the biggest Japanese stars make their mark in Major League Baseball—Kodai Senga and Masataka Yoshida. They both are from the Nippon Professional Baseball ...
The San Francisco Giants send away a fan favorite reliever in exchange for a Red Sox slugger in this wild trade proposal.
Masataka Yoshida looked poised for big things in his rookie season. What was initially considered a massive overpay looked to be a bit of a bargain for the Japanese superstar. Things tapered off ...
The baseball world was left delighted on Ichiro's induction into Cooperstown. But who opted to keep him off their ballot and ...
reigning batting champion Masataka Yoshida, then struck out the side in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings. His 13 consecutive strikeouts in a game were a Japanese baseball record ...
In two big league seasons, Yoshida has a .285 batting average and a .775 OPS. He has hit 25 home runs in 248 games. In four of his final five seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball, he eclipsed ...
Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama said, “I felt like, ‘Baseball, what an awesome game ... when Masataka Yoshida tied the game up with a three-run homer off JoJo Romero.
Baltimore Orioles upstart Jackson Holliday knows what it's like to be the top prospect in the game. Holliday was the No.1 prospect per MLB Pipeline ahead of the 2024 season.