Roki Sasaki, a 23-year-old right-handed pitcher with a devastating splitter, was posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines in December 2024 after four seasons (2021-2024). He cost the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

PHOENIX — Which Los Angeles newcomer will have a better season, Roki Sasaki or Luka Doncic? “Being biased,” Dave Roberts said with a hearty laugh, “I hope it’s Roki.” The safer pick ...

Since Sasaki was under 25 and had less than six years of service time, he was limited to each team's international bonus pool, unlike Japan National Team teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto who earned a $ ...

The rest of the baseball world might have always thought the Dodgers were getting Roki Sasaki. But as the team recruited the 23-year-old pitcher in recent weeks, front-office officials insist they ...

With MLB spring training games only a week away, all eyes will be on Roki Sasaki's first outing and how he looks facing MLB players for the first time in a Dodgers uniform. Currently the No. 1 ...

Nonetheless, similar feelings resurfaced this January as the Dodgers awaited the decision of Rōki Sasaki, the latest pitching phenom out of Japan. Because Sasaki was posted by his club before ...

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani broke the news to the Dodgers that prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki was joining the team. Ohtani sent a text to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew ...

Roki Sasaki is Major League Baseball’s hottest new star but he had to struggle through adversity to get there, losing his father and grandparents in Japan’s deadly 2011 tsunami. The 23-year ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Roki Sasaki was warming up for his bullpen on a cool, breezy Wednesday morning at Camelback Ranch, when the right-hander let loose a fastball that sailed past catcher ...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Rintaro Sasaki zooms up to the ballpark on an electric bike with a brown bag of food in hand, ready to grab a quick bite of lunch then get right to work in the batting cage.

The MLB season is just around the corner, and with pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training this week, all eyes are on Los Angeles Dodgers rookie pitcher Roki Sasaki, whose highly ...