The Dodgers will also owe a $1.3MM posting fee to the pitcher’s NPB team, the Chiba Lotte Marines. The posting fee is proportional to the size of the player’s signing bonus. As Sasaki’s ...

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In four years with Japan's Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki posted a 2.10 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 505 strikeouts and 88 walks in 394⅔ innings. In one two-game stretch in April 2022, he twirled a perfect game ...

The right-hander, who was viewed as the premier prize of the offseason, had until Thursday to sign with a Major League team after being posted by his Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Chiba Lotte ...

A hard-throwing right-hander with a tantalizing splitter-slider repertoire, Sasaki was posted last month by his Nippon Professional Baseball league club, the Chiba Lotte Marines, and effectively ...

The 23-year-old made the announcement on his social media account on Friday. Sasaki joined the Chiba Lotte Marines after graduating from high school. In 2022, his third season, he became the ...

Sasaki had a 2.02 ERA in his four seasons in Japan with the Chiba Lotte Marines, with 524 strikeouts and 91 walks in 414⅔ innings. That included a 2.35 ERA in 18 starts in 2024, with 129 ...

Roki Sasaki is joining the Los Angeles Dodgers! After the Chiba Lotte Mariners of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball announced they planned to post their 23-year-old star pitcher in November ...

This is particularly important for Sasaki, who was handled by the Chiba Lotte Marines with greater care than how Japanese teams usually handle their pitchers. The Marines broke from tradition by ...

The greatest team in baseball is adding an extremely talented, cost-effective and potentially dominant piece to a star-studded pitching rotation. And with that agreement, not only did the rich get ...

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During his tenure with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), he posted a jaw-dropping 2.02 ERA and racked up 524 strikeouts in just over 414 innings. Get today's sports ...