The Dodgers will also add a third high-end pitcher to the rotation this year: Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani is wrapping up his rehab ...

The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes is over—the Japanese-born pitcher announced Friday that he has signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Two days after the international signing period opened on ...

Sasaki has reached as high as 102.5 mph, albeit during a warmup game for the 2023 World Baseball Classic. For reference, the highest velocity Ohtani has reached in MLB is 101.4. In Sasaki's first ...

The Dodgers’ celebration for signing coveted Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki is going to have to ... re straining to see L.A. They’re that high up there, that good. Too large a percentage ...

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 ...

Roki Sasaki did what everyone expected him to do all along — he picked the Los Angeles Dodgers. The defending World Series champs just added the favorite to win the NL Rookie of the Year award ...

One high-ranking evaluator pointed to Paul Skenes as an example of pitchers being able to overcome a dead-zone fastball if they throw the ball hard enough -- something that has worked in Sasaki's ...

On Friday night, Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki chose the Los Angeles Dodgers ... despite the hype that has surrounded him since high school, is not yet fully formed. So what can the Dodgers ...

Where Roki Sasaki is leaning might be indicated simply by observing his demeanor. The 23-year-old Japanese right hander, who has produced great interest around the league as a potential ...

and Sasaki (whose career high is 129 1/3 innings) adjusting to life in the majors. A six-man rotation would work wonderfully for Kershaw at this point in his career. Surely re-signing the future ...