The Philadelphia Phillies will examine an international All-Star ahead of next season in Spring Training. Phillies to take a ...

But, the Phillies were able to add a Japanese star when they handed Koyo Aoyagi a minor league deal and extended him a non-roster invite to Spring Training this year. What comes from that will be ...

Aoyagi signed a minor-league contract with the Phillies on Friday and was invited to spring training, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The 31-year-old right-hander was posted by ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Right-handed side-armer Koyo Aoyagi has signed a minor league contract as a non-roster spring-training invitee with the Philadelphia Phillies, the Major League Baseball club ...

MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki revealed on Saturday that the Phillies will evaluate Japanese pitcher Koyo Aoyagi this coming spring: “They hope Koyo Aoyagi is the first step. The Phils on Friday night ...

The Philadelphia Phillies might have missed out on phenom Roki Sasaki - and it sounds like they played a huge part in the Los ...

A few days after finalizing their initial list of spring training invitees, the Phillies added another in Koyo Aoyagi, a 31-year-old Japanese right-hander and three-time NPB All-Star. A 5-foot-11 ...

The Phillies have been trying to get into the Japanese baseball market for years. They hope Koyo Aoyagi is the first step.

Aoyagi, 31, spent nine seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, where he posted a 3.08 ERA over 898⅓ innings ...