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

Editor's Note: The story below originally ran in November, after Roki Sasaki's NPB team pledged to post the Japanese star pitcher. Sasaki announced Friday he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Rōki Sasaki, the most talented young pitcher on the planet, is going to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers, the defending World Series champions, have been the favorites for the past 12 months ...

This is how it feels, anyway, and it isn't just because the Dodgers were revealed as the winners of the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes ... their head-to-head with the Boston Red Sox over Jose Contreras ...

Teams are still waiting to see what Japanese phenom Rōki Sasaki will do ... who is still looking for his next opportunity is former Boston Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta. He declined the qualifying ...

Rōki Sasaki is already getting used to Los Angeles ... coming up with a Thursday home game against the reigning-champion Boston Celtics before a six-game road trip. Every win is magnified for ...

Our long wait is finally over. After being posted by the Chiba Lotte Mariners of Nippon Professional Baseball back on November 9th, Rōki Sasaki has finally signed with an MLB team, agreeing to an ...

For reference, the highest velocity Ohtani has reached in MLB is 101.4. In a WBC warmup game, Rōki Sasaki threw this pitch at 102.5 MPH! He and Shohei Ohtani are the only two Japanese pitchers to ...

Sasaki, who has been one of the most intriguing ... Possible fits: Royals, Brewers, Cubs, Orioles, Guardians 18. Tyler O'Neill, OF, Boston Red Sox (30) — signed with Orioles It wasn't that ...