The three-time MLB MVP was expected to return as a two-way player in 2025 but fitness concerns have hampered preseason preparations.

The Nippon Ham Fighters on Sunday finished at the top of the 12-team Japanese baseball preseason standings for the first time ...

Darvish made two spring training starts but was shut down after the second, a four-inning outing against Kansas City on March ...

San Diego Padres right-hander Yu Darvish will start the season on the injured list because of inflammation in his right elbow ...

Years from now, people who weren’t here will claim they were. The people who actually were here won’t be complaining about ...

In an online auction four years ago, Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura's father purchased his first piece of Shohei Ohtani ...

Play ball! The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers are set to open the 2025 MLB season from Tokyo on Tuesday, March 18, and ...

Ohtani is the second Japanese-born player to hit a home run in an MLB game played in Japan, joining Hideki Matsui. Matsui hit ...

Darvish is 110-88 with a 3.58 ERA in 12 major league seasons after pitching for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan’s Pacific League from 2005-11. The 38-year-old had Tommy John surgery on ...