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

Right-handed side-armer Koyo Aoyagi has signed a minor league contract as a non-roster spring-training invitee with the ...

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

A few days after finalizing their initial list of spring training invitees, the Phillies added another in Koyo Aoyagi, a ...

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

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 the ...

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