Spencer Schwellenbach began last season at the High-A level, made his MLB debut less than two months later and then spent the ...

While talking to Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain, Yates said that he saw Hideo Nomo in Sasaki’s splitter. “It’s nasty,” said Yates of Sasaki’s signature splitter. “Hideo Nomo helped me ...

On February 13, 1995, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed star Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo to a Minor League contract that included a $2 million signing bonus. The deal was made possible due to a ...

The footage uploaded on X showed Shohei Ohtani raising both his hands straight above his head in the distinct manner that Hideo Nomo used to. Ohtani then pulled his hands and body behind his ...

Hunter Greene will be the Reds’ Opening Day starter. Anyone surprised? Hands? “His stuff is pretty special,” Reds manager ...

Thanks to the trail blazed by Ichiro and Hideo Nomo, among others, many young Japanese ballplayers are now going abroad. Roki Sasaki, a former pitcher with the Chiba Lotte Marines, signed with the ...

Not all was lost for Paul Skenes after the Pittsburgh Pirates game against the Philadelphia Phillies was postponed on Monday due to inclement weather. Skenes p ...

Sasaki has the talent to be an instant sensation the way Fernando Valenzuela or Hideo Nomo were in previous generations. The 6-foot-4 right-hander could just as easily become the Japanese Bobby ...

Skenes was also the first rookie pitcher to start an All-Star game since Los Angeles Dodgers right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo in 1995. If Skenes were to win the NL Cy Young Award in 2025 ...