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A total of 71 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season will be the 136th season for the Los Angeles ... Japan: May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) ... Transactions • Depth chart → ...
Los Angeles Dodgers 2025 spring training roster. 40-man roster Non-roster invitees Coaches/Other Pitchers. ... Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters.
Like the rest of Major League Baseball, the Dodgers have closely monitored Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki over the last couple of years, anxiously waiting for the hard-throwing phenom to come ...
The Dodgers appear to be a fit for Sasaki for multiple reasons, from their track record of developing pitchers to their employment of two other past Japanese phenoms in Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit when the reigning World Series champions open their season in Japan against the Chicago Cubs on March 18 and 19. “I don't think he ...
The Dodgers also had to pay a $51 million posting fee to Yamamoto's Japanese team, the Orix Buffaloes. [24] On January 12, the Dodgers signed outfielder Teoscar Hernández to a one-year, $23.5 million contract. [25] On January 29, the Dodgers signed pitcher James Paxton to a one-year, $11 million contract. [26]
With 48 home runs and 48 stolen bases, Ohtani is now tied with Adrian Beltré for the second-most homers in a single season in Dodgers history. Shawn Green, who went deep 49 times in 2001, holds ...