The addition of Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki to the list of players available in Major League Baseball has moved the offseason, to share interest with Dominican Juan Soto, who is t ...

Roki Sasaki is unlikely to sign a contract for another two months, but a unanimous opinion has formed among baseball ...

Former MLB general manager Jim Bowden said that the San Diego Padres are one of four teams that are more likely to sign ...

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Roki Sasaki, the young Japanese pitcher considered one of the best in the world, will finally be posted to MLB, his NPB team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, announced early Saturday morning. Though ...

The Mets were early adopters of NPB starting pitchers. Masato Yoshii was a rotation regular for the 1998 and 1999 Mets. At ...

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Dallas Keuchel found himself in Japan for the last couple of months of the 2024 season ...

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As if this Hot Stove season needed any more juice, Roki Sasaki's entry into this year's free agent class has put yet another game-changing talent up for grabs. The Japanese righty already has some of ...

Great idea. Especially in the pursuit of Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, who will be posted this winter. He’s the equivalent of ...

Unlike other high profile Japanese players, Sasaki will take less money by signing a minor league contract at age 23, betting ...

Roki Sasaki burst onto the scene in Japan as a 19-year-old in 2021, posting a 1.84 ERA over 16 starts. He bounded onto the ...