This week wasn’t about the defending World Series champions visiting Japan, or Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s transformation, or even Roki Sasaki’s major league debut. March 19, 2025 There also was ...

Roki Sasaki brought the heat. He just didn’t have the command. The 23-year-old Japanese phenom and newest Dodgers star hit 101 mph but lasted just three innings in his MLB debut Wednesday in a 6 ...

In seven innings, he is yet to allow a run, has seven strikeouts, and has posted a 0.86 WHIP. Sasaki’s splitter is already getting noticed as talked about as one of the better pitches in the MLB.

Roki Sasaki’s introduction to the Cactus League was a dominant one. The Dodgers phenom struck out five over three scoreless innings in his spring training debut on Tuesday night in a 4-2 win ...

Roki Sasaki is just the latest Japanese free-agent signing that had help from an outside firm to pick the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ross Atkins of the Blue Jays gets a pass. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher ...

TOKYO — They call him the “Monster of the Reiwa Era” here in his native Japan, but years ago this was a scene that Roki Sasaki could not have ever envisioned. Not after the tragedy that ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- More than the fastball that sat at 98 mph or the three shutout innings, the story of Roki Sasaki's debut as a Los Angeles Dodger on Tuesday night was best told through the words ...

Roki Sasaki, one of the most hyped MLB prospects in recent memory, made his spring training debut on Tuesday for the Los Angeles Dodgers. His velocity was as advertised. In three scoreless innings ...

Japanese star Roki Sasaki is expected to create waves in the big leagues. The Los Angeles Dodgers were fortunate to lure one of the best international pitchers to their team. The franchise’s ...

Roki Sasaki wasted no time impressing MLB fans in his debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs at the Tokyo Dome on Wednesday. Sasaki, heralded as one of the best pitchers in the ...

Los Angeles Dodgers. Roki Sasaki feels the pressure with the Dodgers ahead of his first start Wednesday against the Cubs Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodgers' star Freeman scratched from lineup before ...

“And I thought he was fantastic.” In his three-inning outing, Sasaki gave up just two hits and allowed only four to reach base. Of his five strikeouts, three came on pitches that moved so much ...