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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This time, they won the pursue of Japanese ace pitcher Rōki Sasaki. The 23-year-old announced he was joining the Dodgers in an Instagram post, as if signing Shohei Ohtani (10 years, $700 million ...
This is how it feels, anyway, and it isn't just because the Dodgers were revealed as the winners of the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes ... Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates. But in any case ...
For reference, the highest velocity Ohtani has reached in MLB is 101.4. In a WBC warmup game, Rōki Sasaki threw this pitch at 102.5 MPH! He and Shohei Ohtani are the only two Japanese pitchers to ...
Editor's Note: The story below originally ran in November, after Roki Sasaki's NPB team pledged to post the Japanese star pitcher. Sasaki announced Friday he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Even with Soto no longer available, there are plenty of other top-tier free agents, including Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki and slugging first baseman Pete Alonso. And as Soto himself knows ...
Rōki Sasaki may have taken a pay cut in order to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The San Diego Padres were willing to offer Sasaki more than $10 million before he signed with the Dodgers for a ...
in anticipation of offering the biggest signing bonus they possibly can to Sasaki, have seemed to inform their potential 2025 signees they can sign elsewhere. And the Pittsburgh Pirates seem have ...
The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are winding down. The Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays are finalists for Sasaki, ESPN reported Monday. Sasaki's team has told the New York ...
Rōki Sasaki, the most talented young pitcher on the planet, is going to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers, the defending World Series champions, have been the favorites for the past 12 months ...