Inside the Dodgers’ seven-year pursuit of Rōki Sasaki, their foothold in Japan and the battle for MLB's next potential pitching star.

There's a strong pipeline of baseball players leaving Japan and coming to America right now. Pitcher Roki Sasaki is one of them, as he just signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. There's a new guy ...

Having dinner with former teammates wasn’t something new for Roki Sasaki — but this specific dinner was different. On this night in December, Sasaki sat down for sushi with former Samurai Japan ...

Now that Japanese phenom ... that he is under team control for six seasons. Sasaki was also given a $6.5 million signing bonus. Sasaki dominated Nippon Professional Baseball, recording a 2.10 ...

What do you buy for the team that has everything? That is the question that the Los Angeles Dodgers have been wrestling with this winter. The answer, it would appear, is Roki Sasaki.

Last year, two-way star Ohtani and pitcher Yamamoto helped the Dodgers win the World Series in their first season with the team. The pair were also teammates with Sasaki on the 2023 World Baseball ...

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani broke the news to the Dodgers that prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki was joining the team. Ohtani sent a text to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew ...

he was pitching for Samurai Japan at the World Baseball Classic. Now clad in Dodger Blue, the 23-year-old “Monster of the Reiwa Era” is ready to start a new journey in MLB. Sasaki, the prized ...

The 2023 World Baseball Classic, when the baseball world at large got an up-close look at Sasaki as he won gold with Samurai Japan, further convinced Sasaki that he was best served ... in the world ...

the Japanese right-hander they’ve coveted for years, making the minor league contract official on January 22, 2025. Sasaki was posted to Major League Baseball by the Chiba Lotte Marines on ...