Veteran Jonny Gomes, who won World Series titles with the Boston Red Sox in 2013 and the Kansas City Royals last season, but found few takers on the free-agent market this winter, is jumping to Japan this year to join the Rakuten Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball League. After the New York Yankees released pitcher Esmil Rogers last year, he headed to South Korea, where he signed with the Hanwha Eagles of the Korean Baseball Organization. Rogers, who had also played for the Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays, pitched well enough there to earn a one-year, $1.
MLB players who starred overseas
