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MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his ...

While it shocked absolutely nobody that Japanese free agent right-hander Rōki Sasaki ended up choosing the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with two Japanese pitchers already in their rotation, as ...

(Wilfredo Lee / AP) While it shocked absolutely nobody that Japanese free agent right-hander Rōki Sasaki ended up choosing ... big leaguers who want to be Texas Rangers. I think that speaks ...

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 ...

This time, they won the pursue of Japanese ace pitcher Rōki Sasaki. The 23-year-old announced he was joining the Dodgers in an Instagram post, as if signing Shohei Ohtani (10 years, $700 million ...

Even with Soto no longer available, there are plenty of other top-tier free agents, including Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki and slugging ... Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants ...

Texas Rangers executive vice president & general ... had spent a significant amount of time pursuing Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki before being told he’d sign elsewhere and partly because ...

Free agent pitcher Rōki Sasaki is the latest superstar arm to come out of Japan. Given the success of guys like Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Shota Imanaga in recent years, it makes sense why ...

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 ...