(MLB baseballs are bigger and less tacky than NPB baseballs, allowing less grip and spin.) Why does spin rate even ...

Roki Sasaki threw a splitter in the fourth inning on Tuesday that seemed like it dove straight down immediately after leaving ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs open up the major league season on March 18-19 with the two-game Tokyo Series. The ...

Los Angeles Dodgers fans will have a chance to see rookie phenom Roki Sasaki face Major League hitters ... He kind of has a unique grip with the splitter. So I’m sure he’s kind of getting ...

All eyes were on the radar gun once Roki Sasaki fired his first Cactus League pitch on Tuesday night. The reading: 99.2 mph.

Roki Sasaki has pitched three scoreless innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his spring training debut against the ...

The Dodgers will test that floor from the outset, with Sasaki slated to pitch the latter of the two games against the Chicago ...

PHOENIX — Everywhere Roki Sasaki looked Wednesday afternoon, curious eyes stared back at him. Facing hitters for the first time in Dodgers camp this spring, and still just barely a month removed ...

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Roki with 5 Ks ... least 200 four-seamers. Sasaki’s fastball would rank last in spin rate. (MLB baseballs are bigger and less tacky than NPB baseballs, allowing less grip and spin.) ...