Roki Sasaki has the talent to be an instant sensation the way Fernando Valenzuela or Hideo Nomo were in previous generations.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...