Rintaro Sasaki Excels As Teenage Trailblazer For Japanese Ball Players
Rintaro Sasaki is a teenage phenomenon who aspires to play Major League Baseball. He is a trailblazer embarking upon an unconventional path for a Japanese ball player.
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Is Roki Sasaki the best pitching prospect ever? Here's what execs said
MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his ...
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Roki Sasaki’s Veiled Attack on Padres Turns Dodgers Star Into San Diego’s Biggest Public Enemy
Right from the start, the San Diego Padres were all in for the Japanese young sensation, Roki Sasaki. The post Roki Sasaki’s Veiled Attack on Padres Turns Dodgers Star Into San Diego’s Biggest Public ...
Dodgers' Roki Sasaki Almost Underwent Tommy John Surgery in Japan
Many baseball insiders wondered why Roki Sasaki chose this offseason to make the leap from Japan to Major League Baseball.
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Austin Voth Signs With NPB’s Chiba Lotte Marines
MLB veteran Austin Voth signed with Nippon Professional Baseball's Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. Read more at MLB Trade ...
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Column: Why did Roki Sasaki sign with the Dodgers? Health not wealth drove his decision
Throughout Roki Sasaki’s highly anticipated posting process ... arm ever produced in Japan officially shifted from the Marines to the Dodgers, who are aware of the responsibility they have ...
Detroit Tigers didn't meet with Japanese ace Roki Sasaki — but credit new regime for trying
The Detroit Tigers didn't try to sign Shohei Ohtani in 2017. A lot has changed since then, exemplified by an attempt to sign ...
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Sketchy nature of Roki Sasaki signing confirms Dodgers as new Evil Empire
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Roki Sasaki on Friday ... didn't solely involve the Dodgers, but Sasaki's former team, Chiba Lotte Marines. "The primary focus of the probe, however, was not ...
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When it came to recruiting Roki, Dodgers understood the assignment
It's official: Roki Sasaki is a Los Angeles Dodger ... His decision concluded a weeks-long process after he’d been posted last month by the Chiba Lotte Marines -- with whom he’d recorded a 2.10 ERA ...
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Roki Sasaki says he's signing with Dodgers, giving them monster Japanese trio in rotation
Roki Sasaki was expected by many to sign with ... In four seasons with the Marines, Sasaki posted a 2.02 ERA and 0.883 WHIP with 524 strikeouts in 414 2/3 innings. This deal gives the Dodgers ...
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Roki Sasaki’s tour of MLB is incomplete without a visit to the Texas Rangers
FILE - Japan's Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki speaks at a news conference in Chiba, near Tokyo, Jan. 27, 2024, after he signed a contract for the coming season with the team. (Kyodo News via AP ...
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Roki Sasaki visits with Padres in San Diego: Sources
As Roki Sasaki nears a decision that could have major ... The former Chiba Lotte Marines star is not expected to end his free agency immediately, but he must make a choice by Jan. 23, the final ...