Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, a high school phenom who went on to international fame and glory, including a World Series championship, has decided to call it quits from professional baseball.

It's hard to imagine Japanese ace Roki Sasaki wanting to come to the Red Sox based on their recent track record, writes John ...

The only other No. 1 Red Sox prospects in Baseball America history were right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2007 and outfielder Andrew Benintendi in 2017. Abreu is far from Mookie Betts, but it’s not ...

While he’s a favorite to go to the Dodgers, the Red Sox have a decent chance of getting him. With historic pitchers like ...

That was how players like Daisuke Matsuzaka and Yu Darvish earned massive windfalls worth more than $50 million for their NPB ...

such as Daisuke Matsuzaka, just got a ton of money without doing anything to earn it. It’s time for the commissioner to take the lead on this and fix the rules that allow for this." He added ...

Unlike other high profile Japanese players, Sasaki will take less money by signing a minor league contract at age 23, betting ...

In 2007, the Boston Red Sox rode the pitching prowess of Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima to beat the Colorado Rockies. (Kazuo Matsui played for the Rockies that year, too.) In 2013 ...

Boston Red Sox The Red Sox have been a popular destination for Japanese players, from Daisuke Matsuzaka to Yoshida, and they certainly could use another pitcher. Boston scored 751 runs last season ...

Or closer to home, a fellow by the name of Daisuke Matsuzaka. When they made their pitch to Ohtani in 2017, the Red Sox did so as legitimate contenders coming off a division title with a roster ...