He drew headlines for delivering an apology and candy to a batter he’d hit in the knee with ... come after for Sasaki; its echoes can be seen in his rise through the Japanese high school ranks ...

As the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are heating up, tensions are getting high even for former San Diego Padres. Eric Hosmer called out MLB insider Mike Rodriguez on Friday for a recent post on X ...

The New York Yankees, New York Mets, Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants have also received courtesy calls from the Sasaki camp ... mph drilled him on the left knee. Escala hit the ground ...

He said the Dodgers had been following Sasaki for the last six years, with their scouts first seeing him in high school in Japan. ''Even then his explosive fastball, pinpoint command and poise ...