MLB's 2025 international signing period opened, an annual date of significance in which top international amateur players can begin signing with MLB teams.

With MLB International signing day just days away, Japan's mound prodigy Roki Sasaki is predicted by a New York sports radio host to join the New York Yankees.

Wednesday marks the open of MLB's 2025 international signing period, one of two ways major-league teams acquire amateur talent each year. The annual July draft covers players born in the United States,

The 17-year-old infielder is expected to sign for $5 million, which will close to double what they gave catching prospect Yovanni Rodriguez ($2.85 million) last year. It is the biggest bonus in the class,

Roki Sasaki, Japan's hottest pitching prospect, has been the focus of attention this offseason. The post Roki Sasaki News: Despite Ownership Drama Padres Use Their “Family-Oriented” Side to the Japanese Phenom appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Roki Sasaki can sign with Major League Baseball teams during a nine-day window starting Wednesday, an unusual free agency that caused a domino effect among Latin American teenagers whose unofficial agreements are on hold pending his decision.

Major League Baseball is once again getting one of Japan’s best young prospects for next to nothing.