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

Aoyagi signed a minor-league contract with the Phillies on Friday and was invited to spring training, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

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.

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

The Phillies have signed former NPB pitcher Koyo Aoyagi to a minor league contract with a non-roster invitation to MLB camp, ...

Right-hander Koyo Aoyagi has signed a minor league contract as a non-roster spring-training invitee with the Philadelphia Phillies, the Major League Baseball club announced Friday. The 31-year-old ...

The Phillies have invited an additional player to attend major league spring training as a non-roster invitee: Koyo Aoyagi, RHP – Aoyagi, 31, is a veteran of nine seasons (2016-24) in Japan’s Nippon ...

In other Phils signing news, they got a Japanese pitcher of their own, though a little older than Sasaki. That’s 31-year-old ...

While the Philadelphia Phillies didnt land prized Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, they did head to Japan for an All-Star ...

A 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 mph, Sasaki will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu ...