The poignancy of five Japanese ballplayers returning to their home country as Major League stars resonated with the baseball ...

Samurai Japan is returning to the World Baseball Classic stage with many of the same players who powered its 2023 title run, including Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma ...

Shohei Ohtani confirmed that he will not pitch in the 2026 World Baseball Classic and will only be used as a hitter. Ohtani ...

In an effort to improve their international scouting presence, the New York Yankees are planning to add Nao Masamoto to their front office, league sources said Wednesday, gaining a longtime baseball ...

The U.S. and Japan top of the 2026 World Baseball Classic odds, but my World Baseball Classic predictions keep an eye on the ...

Twenty teams from five continents will compete in the 2026 WBC — the highest-profile international baseball tournament in the world.

Translation from Japanese to English: Play ball! Baseball has long been the national pastime in the United States, but it’s Japan that has dominated the sport on a global level at the World Baseball ...

All but one spot on the 30-man roster for Team Japan has been released ahead of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. The defending champions are loaded again. Dodgers teammates Shohei Ohtani (a four-time ...

Each nation will have a white home jersey as well as an away jersey of a solid base color.

Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic roster, led by stars Shohei Ohtani and Munetaka Murakami, faces hurdles due to the ...

Odds for all 20 teams to win their pool group and to win the World Baseball Classic, which begins March 6.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a 2024 exhibition game at Manzanar, players – many of them descendants of internment camp detainees – donned custom 1940s-style ...