Inside the Dodgers’ seven-year pursuit of Rōki Sasaki, their foothold in Japan and the battle for MLB's next potential pitching star.
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It was the Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching version of "Charlie’s Angels" across three different fields in front of frenzied ...
They signed Blake Snell and Japanese phenom Rōki Sasaki ... Baseball for four seasons before making the jump to MLB earlier than most. Sasaki had a 2.02 ERA in Japan and shined in the World ...
With spring training underway, Dodgers star Mookie Betts is bought in on new pitcher Roki Sasaki, saying he is as advertised.
Because Sasaki was posted by his club ... Whenever his time came to make the MLB jump, the Dodgers wanted to be ready. "We thought Rōki was going to be available two years ago, and then one ...
When the Los Angeles Dodgers set their roster for Opening Day, Shohei Ohtani will not be part of the starting pitching rotation.
Under MLB’s international amateur signing rules and the posting system between Major League Baseball and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, Sasaki can sign with an MLB team during a window ...