With a record-setting fastball and a lean, 6-foot-1 frame, 18-year-old Yokohama High School pitcher Shoki Oda was already the ...

Yokohama High School ace Shoki Oda announced Thursday that he plans to play in the United States after graduation, passing up ...

Will he succeed, or will he fail? Is there even a need to measure him by that yardstick in the first place?Shoki Oda, a ...

Ohtani was supposed to be a trailblazer. Instead, his unprecedented success has reinforced just how difficult what he's doing really is.

ANAHEIM — The Yankees are among the Major League Baseball teams hoping that Shoki Oda begins his pro career in the United States, rather than Japan, as he considers both options. The Bombers have a ...

Shotaro Morii grounds into a force out, first baseman Starlin Aguilar to shortstop Dervy Ventura. Nate Nankil scores. Edgar Montero to 3rd. Max Durrington out at 2nd. Shotaro Morii to 1st. July 27, ...

Shotaro Morii grounds into a force out, first baseman Starlin Aguilar to shortstop Dervy Ventura. Nate Nankil scores. Edgar Montero to 3rd. Max Durrington out at 2nd. Shotaro Morii to 1st.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Shotaro Morii has just finished lifting weights before a game on an unseasonably warm May afternoon in the Bay Area when he and teammate Itsuki Takemoto burst into laughter, their ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Shotaro Morii has just finished lifting weights before a game on an unseasonably warm May afternoon in the Bay Area when he and teammate Itsuki Takemoto burst into laughter, their ...