Aoyagi, 31, spent nine seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, where he posted a 3.08 ERA over 898⅓ innings pitched. The Phillies have not had a Japanese player since 2008.

Aidan Miller, Andrew Painter and Justin Crawford are among the Phillies' 23 non-roster invitees to spring training.

The Phillies will bring 23 players to camp in addition to the 40 on the current 40-man roster. Here's a breakdown of the camp extras.

The Phillies' top three prospects are among a group of 23 non-roster invitees to spring training. Here is the full list with details.

Philadelphia Phillies top prospect Andrew Painter has earned an invite to major league spring training, per a report from reporter Scott Lauber. Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in Clearwater,

Spring is about to be sprung and that means the time honored tradition of spring training invitees is upon. These invitees are usually a mixture of catchers that need to catch all the pitchers in camp,