MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his ...

After finishing fourth in the National League Central in 2024, the Cincinnati Reds are primed to make noise in 2025. The Reds ...

Roki Sasaki is most known for ... Even with the drop in velocity, Sasaki’s heater is still comfortably above the MLB average of 94 mph. But, compounding with the dip in velocity was a loss ...

There's some skepticism around Roki Sasaki and his ability to transition well to the majors from NPB, where he played for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki has announced that he’s signing with the Dodgers. Since Sasaki is subject to the international bonus pool system, it will technically be a minor league deal, but he ...

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 world stage when he joined a star-studded Japanese rotation that included ...

Signing Roki Sasaki ... on average, and though at just under 97 mph it’s still impressive gas, the pitch does not have elite shape and may be more dependent on that velocity than other fastballs ...

Alex Bregman, Jack Flaherty, and Pete Alonso, most notably – but with Anthony Santander and Tanner Scott finally signing and ...

Roki Sasaki did what everyone expected him to do ... He also has a 90- to 92-mph slider that’s more of an average pitch, serving as a different look from the split or fastball but without ...