The San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays have lost out on Japanese pitching superstar Rōki Sasaki after he chose to sign ... to have Joey Loperfido and Nathan Lukes start alongside George Springer ...
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.
The MLB offseason kicked off with some seismic news. Japanese phenom Rōki Sasaki is going to be posted by his former team, the Chiba Lotte Mariners of Nippon Professional Baseball. That means the ...
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 ...
The Rōki Sasaki saga won’t wrap up for at least two more weeks, but some light has been shed on the cherished right-handed pitcher from Japan, a focused and driven figure who will grace the ...
They added Blake Snell and Rōki Sasaki, but they could add one more superstar before they begin their quest for back-to-back championships. ESPN's David Schoenfield predicted the Dodgers would ...
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 ...
With just two days before the window to sign him opens, the field for star Japanese right-hander Rōki Sasaki has narrowed - setting up a likely battle between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles ...
The Rōki Sasaki saga won’t wrap up for at least two more weeks, but some light has been shed on the cherished right-handed pitcher from Japan, a focused and driven figure who will grace the ...