Sasaki came to the Dodgers with four years of experience in Japan. He went 30-15 with a 2.02 ERA, 0.883 WHIP, and 524 strikeouts over 414.2 innings. In his time with Nippon Professional Baseball, he ...
• Padres right-hander Yu Darvish, a friend and mentor to Sasaki, expressed some disappointment that his countryman chose to sign elsewhere. “It ultimately comes down to what the player wants to do, so ...
Baseball America used to treat all players coming from Japan ... Projection to break down international signing day, talk Roki Sasaki’s status and more.