The Trajekt Arc pitching machine uses baseball’s high-tech data to mimic ... teams with about 45 machines — including a club in Japan that started last season. Until this year, MLB limited ...

A year later, he was pitching for Samurai Japan at the World Baseball Classic. Now clad in Dodger Blue, the 23-year-old “Monster of the Reiwa Era” is ready to start a new journey in MLB.

Already equipped with one of the best rotations in baseball, the Dodgers added ... Yamamoto and Sasaki are used to that after pitching in Japan. Shohei Ohtani (who won't be pitching by Opening ...