Japanese ace Roki Sasaki announced his intention to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers, choosing the defending World Series champions over the San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays, among other teams who showed interest in obtaining his services.
Major League Baseball conducted an investigation into the Chiba Lotte Marines prior to authorizing Roki Sasaki's posting. Read more at MLBTR.
Roki Sasaki has picked the Dodgers and some MLB fans are unhappy with his decision. Here's a video of an MLB fan ranting on the same.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a record-setting 12-year, $325 million contract last offseason, which represented the longest and richest deal for a pitcher in MLB history. At ...
The lineup features two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell, three-time NPB Pacific League MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, three-time MLB MVP Shohei Ohtani — and possibly NPB ace Roki Sasaki.
Roki Sasaki's move to MLB from the Lotte Marines at the age of 23 marks a landmark change in the dynamic that exists between Nippon P
MLB didn't fully prove the Sasaki deal was above board, it just found no evidence behind the rumors of impropriety. However, it's not like the Dodgers had to sell Sasaki on them in private, either. The reason L.A. was always presented as the favorite was the team just made sense.
NEW YORK — Roki Sasaki can sign with Major League Baseball teams during a nine-day window starting Wednesday, an unusual free agency with ripple effects for Latin American teenagers whose
The Los Angeles Dodgers officially landed top free agent ace Roki Sasaki on Friday. After weeks of deliberation, the 23-year-old Japanese fireballer did what e
Spring training is less than a month away, but there is still plenty of MLB offseason business to tackle. A handful of notable players remain on the free-agent market, including Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso and Anthony Santander.
The courting of young Japanese flamethrower Roki Sasaki was one of the few instances that all 30 Major League Baseball teams were on equal footing for prized talent. A time when some of the lower-spending teams had a chance to pick up a promising player and add a little parity to a sport that