Pitchers and catchers have started to report around Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers' quest for back-to-back ...

Kodai Senga seems to believe that the climate in particular ensured that Roki Sasaki would never end up signing with the New ...

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 ...

Cy Young Awards were announced in November, and Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal are great. But the next Cy Young Award winner ...

Yamamoto’s young age (he was just 25 when he signed) made him another candidate for a big-money deal. And though Sasaki is limited to signing only a minor-league contract with a modest signing ...

Roki Sasaki’s decision to play for the Dodgers, on what will start as a standard minor-league contract, instantly transforms the club’s short- and long-term future.

He implored those too young to have seen the tsunami to “not ... but he has taken on a new responsibility: president of the Roki Sasaki fan club in Rikuzentakata. The group organizes watch ...

The Japanese phenom idolized Yu Darvish since a young age and would welcome the chance to play with him in San Diego. Japan’s Roki Sasaki delivers a pitch during the first inning of a World ...

The Giants might have convinced a future Hall of Famer to join their rotation, but their sales pitch to one of the sport’s most exciting young arms was less successful. Roki Sasaki is not coming ...

FILE - Japan's Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki speaks at a news conference in Chiba, near Tokyo, Jan. 27, 2024, after he signed a contract for the coming season with the team. (Kyodo News via AP ...

When Roki Sasaki was posted by his NPB team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, he was already regarded as one of the most talented young pitchers in the world. The Sasaki sweepstakes featured several ...

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 ...