With the Roki $asaki $igning, the Dodgers are edging into Evil Empire territory. Yes, ability and willingness to spend big money are no guarantee of success. The Anaheim Artes are…
He has better control than Shohei Ohtani had at the same stage of his career.He is more athletic than Hideo Nomo was.He throws harder than Yu Darvish.Roki Sasaki is the…
The reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers' pitching rotation is about to get a big lift. On Friday, coveted Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki announced he will play for the…
This is not a sad day for baseball. This is a great day for baseball.Roki Sasaki, arguably the best young pitcher in the world, is a Dodger. Sasaki announced his…
A little more than a year ago, the Dodgers saw an opportunity on the horizon.They knew Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani was entering a historic free agency. They knew decorated…
It was 2:46 p.m. on a Friday when the walls around Tomoyuki Murakami started to shake. He scrambled for cover inside the city hall in Rikuzentakata, a fishing village along…
The approaching resolution to the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes has international baseball scouts and executives bracing for unusual activity.“It could get crazy,” an experienced international evaluator said this week.Sasaki, the highly…
At last month’s Winter Meetings in Dallas, agent Joel Wolfe held court in front of a large group of reporters and caused a stir when discussing his client, Japanese right-hander…
Neither Shohei Ohtani nor Yoshinobu Yamamoto were part of the Dodgers’ initial in-person pitch to Japanese pitching star Roki Sasaki, a meeting that took place at the Westwood offices of…
Roki Sasaki will wait until the 2025 international signing period opens on Jan. 15, when clubs will have money bonus pool money available to sign him, to decide on an…
