In the ongoing competition to sign generational Japanese pitching prodigy Roki Sasaki, the Boston Red Sox looked like they were dead. During his recent trip to Los Angeles, the 23-year old Chiba ...

The Rōki Sasaki saga won’t wrap up for at least two more weeks, but some light has been shed on the cherished right-handed pitcher from Japan, a focused and driven figure who will grace the ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers were touted as the favorites in the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes, but this may not be the case after all. The Dodgers have always had the most to offer Sasaki. Aside from being ...

With Corbin Burnes officially a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the free agency focus turns to the next big pitching domino set to fall: Japanese ace Roki Sasaki, who now becomes the biggest ...

In his home country, Sasaki first jumped onto the scene in 2019 when he broke the Japanese high school fastball record, clocking a pitch at 101 mph — breaking Ohtani’s 99 mph record for the ...

Who is Roki Sasaki?: A right-handed pitcher known for his 100 mph fast balls. Why this all matters: The 23-year-old has often been compared to fellow Japanese national and Dodger’s own superstar ...

The number is in: A total of 20 MLB teams submitted information to Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki. The Detroit Tigers were one of those 20. Sasaki, a 23-year-old right-hander, will sign with ...

If Roki Sasaki had waited two more years to leave Japan, the star right-hander could have created the kind of bidding war that led to his countryman, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, signing the largest ...

The Roki Sasaki chase was always expected to take awhile – heck, the international signing period does not start until Jan. 15. Sasaki is a 23-year-old starting pitcher who could instantly ...