Former MLB general manager Jim Bowden said that the San Diego Padres are one of four teams that are more likely to sign ...
The 2024-25 class of free agents enjoyed a major addition when 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki recently joined it. The ace will almost certainly be making the leap to MLB from Japan after his ...
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MLB insider predicts the Padres are "more likely" to sign Roki Sasaki than the Dodgers, with several teams in the mix for the ...
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 ...
Unlike other high profile Japanese players, Sasaki will take less money by signing a minor league contract at age 23, betting ...
Great idea. Especially in the pursuit of Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, who will be posted this winter. He’s the equivalent of ...
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 ...
But Roki Sasaki's situation is different, and it essentially means every team has an equal shot at landing him, at least as it relates to financial considerations. Could the Brewers really be a ...
This is The Athletic’s daily MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. The Roki Sasaki ...