MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his ...

The expression “must-have player” has its limits. Gamers shouldn’t reach multiple rounds ahead of average draft position (ADP) for the following pitchers. Reaching too far for a player saps the excess ...

The night before Roki Sasaki was to be introduced at Dodger Stadium, the Japanese pitcher met LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and others at his first Lakers game.

The decision is coming soon, so here's what to know about MLB's next big Japanese pitcher ... Baseball Classic. For reference, the highest velocity Ohtani has reached in MLB is 101.4. In ...

Sasaki announced Friday he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The latest pitching sensation out of Japan is bound for Major League Baseball in 2025. The Chiba Lotte Marines announced that ...

The Dodgers introduced right-handed pitcher Roki Sasaki to the Los Angeles media on Wednesday, holding a press conference at ...

189). By almost any measure, he was one of the five or six starting pitchers in baseball at his peak. Sasaki has every bit as much upside. When Ohtani was still in Japan, one current general ...

Less than one year after being drafted second overall out of Wake Forest, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Chase Burns is the ...

From high-priced stars to Rule 5 draft picks, the Dodgers assembled a deep staff after learning there's no such thing as too ...

While excitement surrounded the Japanese phenom signing with a team this winter, the Dodgers had scouted Sasaki since he was ...

Pitchers in the Japanese league generally ... By picking the Dodgers over the Padres, Sasaki has deprived baseball of regular showdowns with Ohtani, who like Sasaki is from Japan’s Iwate prefecture.

On the day the pitcher was posted, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said the quiet part out loud: Signing Sasaki was a “major priority” for the reigning World Series champions ...