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 ...

A 6-foot-0, 275-pound first baseman, Sasaki set a Japanese high school record by hitting 140 home runs. His father, Hiroshi Sasaki, is the head baseball coach at Hanamaki Higashi High School ...

Sasaki had a 2.35 ERA with 129 strikeouts against 32 walks over 111 innings and 18 starts. That was actually considered a down year for the high-upside pitcher who teams believe still has some ...

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 ...