It was Shohei Ohtani at 10:30 in the morning, pitching his fourth bullpen session since joining the Dodgers, showing why optimism is rampant in camp that he’ll be dominating on the mound in May. He ...

Next up was 23-year-old Japanese sensation Rōki Sasaki. He was supposed to ... there is a picture of three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw, who’s expected to return in May, sitting in ...

Roki Sasaki’s dazzling debut in the World Baseball Classic came on a day that he doesn’t talk much about. Twelve years ago on March 11, Sasaki’s father and grandparents were killed in the ...

Sasaki was 10-5 with a 2.35 ERA in 18 games last year, striking out 129 hitters in 111 innings in a season limited by shoulder inflammation and was 7-4 with a 1.78 ERA in 15 starts in 2023, when ...

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has also been pleased with what he has seen from Sasaki so far. “I thought Rōki was good,” said Roberts. “Velocity looked good. I thought there’s a lot of ...