The Chicago White Sox made the drive from Glendale to Peoria for their date with the Padres on Thursday night. Thursday marks one week until the Padres open up their season at home against the Detroit Tigers.

The Padres opened their 2024 season against the Dodgers in South Korea this week, just as news broke of a sports-gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. It produced a longer, stranger trip than anything the Grateful Dead sang about.

Mookie Betts credits his improved defense at shortstop to the training methods he's adopted from Osamu Yada, Yoshinobu Yamamoto's personal trainer.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was on the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers as they began their 2025 season with the Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs. The start came just under one year — 362 days — from his MLB debut in Seoul,

Samurai Japan is returning to the World Baseball Classic stage with many of the same players who powered its 2023 title run, including Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto.