1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (253+ words) Tokyo 2020 gold medallist and World Baseball Classic winner Munetaka Murakami signed a two-year contract worth US$34 million with the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball. He had also thoughts for his Japanese fans. "Although we will be far apart,…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (171+ words) The Toronto Blue Jays, the runner-up of the 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series, announced the signing of Japanese corner infielder Kazuma Okamoto from the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Okamoto (29) agreed to a four-year contract worth US…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (381+ words) Cuban WBSC Premier12 star Livan Moinelo and the Cuban National Baseball5 team topped two of the three categories in the Prensa Latina news agency's selection of Latin America's Best Athletes for 2025. The 61st edition of the survey, one of the region's most prestigious…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (497+ words) The long-awaited and much-anticipated Chinese Professional Baseball Spring Games were inaugurated on the first day of 2026 at Zhongshan Baseball Stadium in Shenzhen, China, marking a significant beginning for Baseball in China as it evolves to a higher stage. Xie Bin,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (159+ words) The WBSC Americas U-15 Baseball World Cup qualification process is now complete. World No. 12 Dominican Republic and No. 16 Nicaragua joined No. 3 USA, No. 5 Venezuela and No. 9 Cuba, completing the set of five National Teams representing the Americas in the WBSC U-15 Baseball…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (179+ words) Japan has finished 2025 on top of the WBSC Men's Baseball World Ranking with 6,676 points while Premier12 champions Chinese Taipei follow with 5,112 points and USA in third place with 4,357 points. Korea (4,192 points) and Venezuela (3,653) complete the top five in a ranking, which…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (327+ words) Japan continue to lead the WBSC Women's Baseball World Ranking with 1,310 points, retaining a clear advantage at the top of the standings. Their position at No. 1 remains unchanged in the latest update, following a ranking cycle influenced by results across…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (340+ words) The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has released the 2025 end-of-the-year WBSC Women's Softball World Ranking, which features a record-setting 70 softball programmes for the first time. Six countries from three continents returned to the ranking, pushing the total to the historic…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (227+ words) The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) unveiled today the 2025 end-of-the-year WBSC Men's Softball World Ranking, with Japan finishing the year as the world's top-ranked nation. Singapore climbed to No. 10, marking their first appearance in the top 10 in history. The points…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (304+ words) The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is delighted to announce that Zhongshan (Guangdong Province), China, has been awarded hosting rights for the first of two WBSC Premier12 2027 Qualifiers as the WBSC's quadrennial tournament features two qualification tournaments for the first time,…...