Sasaki, nicknamed in Japan as "the Monster of the Reiwa Era," struck out 11 batters in 7 and ⅔ innings with a 3.52 ERA during the 2023 WBC. In Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, he struck out 129 hitters in 111 regular-season innings for the Marines in the 2024 season.

Sasaki announced Friday he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The latest pitching sensation out of Japan is bound for Major League Baseball in 2025. The Chiba Lotte Marines announced that ...

The Dodgers have announced their deal with prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, agreeing to a minor league contract with a $6.5 million signing bonus.

The mighty Dodgers, that Evil Empire on the West Coast, have struck again, signing Japanese phenom Rōki Sasaki.

Japanese star Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced on Instagram. The 23-year-old right-hander with a sizzling fastball and deadly splitter joins Samurai Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto with the World Series champion Dodgers.

Death, taxes and the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the free agent sweepstakes of a highly-coveted superstar free agent. This time, they won the pursue of Japanese ace pitcher Rōki Sasaki.

Just one day after the World Series, the Braves traded Jorge Soler to the Angels. Over the next few ... Teoscar Hernández, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers (32) — re-signed with Dodgers Hernández ...

Japanese ace Roki Sasaki made his free-agent decision on Friday, agreeing to join the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers ... who was an international free agent when he signed with the Angels in 2018, got a $2.315 million signing bonus and then ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series this past fall and yet that didn't stop them from being extremely aggressive throughout the offseason. Los Angeles has added some top-tier talent, including Blake Snell,

The splitter is on the rise in Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers are cornering the market. Splitters were thrown more often in 2024 than in any other season of the pitch tracking era, which goes back to 2008.

The Los Angeles Dodgers' newest headline starting pitcher believes he chose the place that can maximize his talent the most. During an introductory press conference Wednesday, Rōki Sasaki told ...

LOS ANGELES ... You think Sasaki is the Kevin Durant of baseball. You wanted him to take on Ohtani and not team up with him. That would be an easier argument to make if the Angels had been ...