The Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball have signed right-hander Pedro Avila, according to multiple reports out of Japan. Avila elected free agency in January rather than accept ...

The Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB) is the main route to supply foreign players to the KBO League. A player who has ...

Former San Diego Padres Pedro Avila has signed with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Rather than accepting his minor league assignment from the Cleveland ...

Munetaka Murakami was drafted in the first round by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yomiuri Giants, and the Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2017. These teams play in the Nippon Professional Baseball League.

Rintaro Mizuno, a catcher with Kyoto University’s baseball team, is expected to work as an analyst for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2025. (Ken Murota) ...

Tokyo Yakult Swallows infielder and Team Japan superstar Munetaka Murakami will be heading to the ... two of the most sought-after free agents have come from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows employee whose humor and quick wit made Tsubakuro one of the most popular mascots in Japanese professional baseball has died, the team said Feb. 19.

TOKYO -- Japan's professional baseball team the Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Feb. 19 that the person who performs as the club's popular mascot Tsub ...

Former San Diego Padres Pedro Avila has signed with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Rather than accepting his minor league assignment from the Cleveland ...