If you haven't heard about Shohei Otani, here's the elevator pitch: he's a Japanese pitcher-slash-outfielder who is widely considered the best player in the world who isn't already in the majors -- ...

The news on Japanese phenom pitcher Shohei Otani has drastically shifted from a few months ago. Otani announced Sunday that he will start his professional career in Japan with the Nippon-Ham Fighters ...

Japanese ace Shohei Otani has already given Major League Baseball teams plenty of reasons to drool over him, but he added another Tuesday: Otani, a 22-year-old pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham ...

Japan's pitcher Otani, who both pitches and hits for the Nippon Ham Fighters, attends a practice session before an exhibition baseball game against U.S. MLB All-Stars in Tokyo Only 0.1% of NCAA ...

Shohei Otani continues to inch closer toward his goal of becoming a major-leaguer in 2018. On Friday, Otani’s Japanese club, the Nippon Ham Fighters, announced that it plans to make the 23-year-old, ...

Imagine the Yankee Stadium crowd witnessing back-to-back titanic home runs by Aaron Judge and Shohei Otani during a game, and then having the two-way Japanese star take the mound a day later to blow ...