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What’s the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
About a dozen Japanese played in MLB last season, headlined by Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los ...
MLB Trade Rumors6d
Dodgers Add Roki Sasaki To 40-Man Roster
The Dodgers have finalized their roster in advance of their Opening Day tilt with the Cubs. Los Angeles officially added Roki ...
Experts Anticipating Huge Year, Prestigious Honors for a Pair of Top MLB Prospects
In the National League, the projected winner was Roki Sasaki, who brings four years of experience and a 100 mph fastball to the major leagues. Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the offseason, the ...
Major League Baseball5d
Why Sasaki's splitter looks like MLB's next great pitch
In that respect, Sasaki's splitter more resembled the spin killers currently deployed by the Mariners' star trio of Logan Gilbert (640 rpm), Bryce Miller (912 rpm) and George Kirb ...
Mookie Betts embraces his leader’s role in making newcomers like Roki Sasaki comfortable at Dodgers
Mookie Betts emphasized his role in making the Dodgers' locker room welcoming for newcomers like Roki Sasaki as part of his ...
USA Today High School Sports4d
Rintaro Sasaki, aka Japan's home run king, absolutely crushed his first college home run
Rintaro Sasaki, the left-handed power hitter who set the Japanese high school home run record (14) while playing at Hanamaki Higashi High School (Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan), has made a big first ...
Dodgers' Roki Sasaki throws 3 powerful but erratic innings in pressure-packed MLB debut
TOKYO (AP) — Roki Sasaki's big-league debut was equal parts electrifying and erratic, with the Los Angeles Dodgers ...