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

clearing the path for the hard-throwing 23-year-old to transfer from Nippon Professional Baseball to MLB. Sasaki will be subject to international amateur free-agent restrictions, making him ...

Inside the Dodgers’ seven-year pursuit of Rōki Sasaki, their foothold in Japan and the battle for MLB's next potential ...

Our long wait is finally over. After being posted by the Chiba Lotte Mariners of Nippon Professional Baseball back on November 9th, Rōki Sasaki has finally signed with an MLB team, agreeing to an ...

One of the biggest names in MLB free agency has officially chosen his new team. That would be 23-year-old Japanese starting pitcher Roki Sasaki, who opted to forgo a more lucrative payday to ...

MLB free agency has been ongoing since the end of the World Series. However, with less than two months until the start of spring training, the biggest remaining free agent is someone who's never ...

Joel Wolfe, now serving as Sasaki Rōki’s agent in his negotiations ... the mound to show what he is capable of. In Japan, meanwhile, the pro baseball world seems to have more mixed feelings ...

FILE - Japan ... Rangers Sasaki was made available to Major League Baseball teams by the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s Pacific League under the posting agreement between Nippon Professional ...

The Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball announced today that they ... rotation after the club parted ways with Roki Sasaki via the posting system last month.

bringing arguably the hardest fastball Japan has ever seen. Sasaki has reached as high as 102.5 mph, albeit during a warmup game for the 2023 World Baseball Classic. For reference, the highest ...