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

They signed Blake Snell and Japanese phenom Rōki Sasaki ... Baseball for four seasons before making the jump to MLB earlier than most. Sasaki had a 2.02 ERA in Japan and shined in the World ...

With spring training underway, Dodgers star Mookie Betts is bought in on new pitcher Roki Sasaki, saying he is as advertised.

Sasaki, who has been one of the most intriguing ... season hitting more than 20% above league average — and is one of MLB's best defenders at his position. Possible fits: Astros, D-backs ...

Under MLB’s international amateur signing rules and the posting system between Major League Baseball and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, Sasaki can sign with an MLB team during a window ...

Follow every MLB game: Latest MLB scores, stats, schedules and standings. Next up was 23-year-old Japanese sensation Rōki Sasaki. He was supposed to throw just two innings, but wound up going ...

The 2025 MLB Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs ... Cubs lefty pitcher Shota Imanaga and Dodgers starters Rōki Sasaki and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are all expected to start when the teams travel ...

It was the Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching version of "Charlie’s Angels" across three different fields in front of frenzied ...

Because Sasaki was posted by his club ... Whenever his time came to make the MLB jump, the Dodgers wanted to be ready. "We thought Rōki was going to be available two years ago, and then one ...