The Japanese Connection could be historically good for the Dodgers as they follow-up their championship season.

It's been a blistering 72 hours for the Los Angeles Dodgers — and one that's invited a lot of backlash. To recap: on Friday, Japanese star Roki Sasaki announce

Even without Ohtani, the Dodgers have the following starting pitchers to construct a dangerous rotation: Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Roki Sasaki, Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May, Bobby Miller and Landon Knack. Clayton Kershaw could also be in the mix as he remains a free agent but it is hard to imagine him playing for anyone else.

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This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Not content to simply win it all, the Dodgers Death Star project has now completed (maybe?) its second winter of construction.

High-leverage lefty reliever Tanner Scott has agreed to terms with the Dodgers on a four-year, $72 million free-agent contract, CBS Sports HQ's Jim Bowden has confirmed. The team has not yet announced the signing.

The Los Angeles Dodgers could watch pitcher Jack Flaherty walk out the door and head to the Detroit Tigers in free agency.

Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Dodgers bookended their offseason by signing 2-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell and Japanese ace Roki Sasaki, stacking their already star-studded rotation.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed relief pitcher Tanner Scott to add to their already-loaded bullpen on Sunday afternoon. The Dodgers have dominated the last two w

The 23-year-old is expected to be an MLB ace -- eventually. Here's what insiders say about Sasaki in 2025 and beyond.

In a way, the financial aspect is even rosier than that (from the Dodgers' perspective), as typically with a prospect of this caliber, a team might feel pressure to sign him to an early extension. With Sasaki, there's no such pressure: Any talk of an extension now would be viewed as circumventing the transfer rules. It's almost too good to be true.