Before taking the mound, Pirates ace Paul Skenes goes to war. On Tuesday, The Ringer's Hannah Keyser shared a profile of the ...

Pittsburgh Pirates star pitcher Paul Skenes heads into the 2025 season as one of the best in the MLB, receiving praise from fans to greats alike. S ...

The multitude of Japanese stars in MLB today wouldn't be possible if Nomo hadn't first made the leap 30 years ago.

Pittsburgh right-hander Paul Skenes, the reigning National League Rookie of the Year award winner, will be the youngest ...

Baseball fever swept through Tokyo on Tuesday as the MLB season got underway, offering fans a rare opportunity to glimpse ...

Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for Seattle, the impact of Japanese players in Major ...

The success of many players from the Land of the Rising Sun -- from Hideo ... so, Nomo introduced to the Majors a deceptive windup dubbed "the Tornado." Nomo would go on to post a 2.54 ERA and lead ...

and Hideo Nomo (1995). Spencer Strider posted a 2.67 ERA over 31 appearances (20 starts) during his rookie season. His Minor League career consisted of just 94 innings. So, he would have been part of ...

With that being said, how many of the rookie starting pitchers to strike out 170 or more batters since 1995 can you name in five minutes?

Late in the first quarter of the game, Pelicans rookie Karlo Matkovic set a screen to prevent Durant from getting to Trey Murphy III. After Durant bumped into Matkovic as a result of the screen ...

The NBA Rookie of the Year race took a brief break during the NBA All-Star weekend. Still, most of the top first-year pros saw action in the Rising Stars mini-tournament. Stephon Castle ...