Japan’s Roki Sasak pitches during a Pool B game against the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Saturday, March 11, 2023. AP “In Roki Sasaki’s past ...

FILE - Japan's Roki Sasak pitches during a Pool B game against the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Saturday, March 11, 2023.(Eugene Hoshiko / AP) LOS ANGELES ...

“It was an incredibly difficult decision to choose just one.” Japan's Roki Sasak pitches during a Pool B game against the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo ...

FILE - Japan's Roki Sasak pitches during a Pool B game against the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko ...

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.

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 ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have managed to add even more firepower to their already stacked roster by signing the 23-year-old Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. Sasaki, renowned for his rocket of a ...

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman started the introductory press conference of Roki Sasaki, who, as an international free agent, signed with the ...

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) FILE - Japan's Roki Sasak pitches during a Pool B game against the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo ...

LOS ANGELES — Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. A 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops ...

FILE - Japan's Roki Sasak pitches during a Pool B game against the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File ...