LOS ANGELES — Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. A 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 mph, Sasaki will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in a move that many baseball executives have long expected.
3:10pm: The Rangers have also been informed that ... The Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki’s Nippon Professional Baseball club, will also be owed a posting fee. However, the value of that fee will ...
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In the wake of Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki announcing he'll be signing with the Dodgers, the baseball world will anticipate with excitement the arrival of the star right-hander in the Major Leagues. Given what we know about Sasaki's arsenal,
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The Yankees, who were informed Roki Sasaki won't sign with the club, according to the YES Network in a story confirmed by multiple outlets on Monday, join a list of clubs, including the Rangers, Mets and Giants,
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The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers have been informed ... rules and the posting system between Major League Baseball and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, Sasaki can sign with an MLB ...
Per the reports, the New York Mets and Texas Rangers are also out of ... per the posting system between MLB and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and MLB's international amateur signing rules.
The Dodgers have been interested in Sasaki well before he was first posted by his Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, last month. President of baseball operations Andrew ...