Pitchers and catchers have started to report around Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers' quest for back-to-back ...

Inside the Dodgers’ seven-year pursuit of Rōki Sasaki, their foothold in Japan and the battle for MLB's next potential ...

However, with less than two months until the start of spring training, the biggest remaining free agent is someone who's never played in MLB before. Sasaki opened his free agency window on Dec. 9 ...

RELATED: 2025 MLB free-agent rankings, team fits: Where does Roki Sasaki slot in? Sasaki can light up a radar gun. His fastball has clocked in over 102 mph in Japan and touched 101.9 at the World ...

Even with Soto no longer available, there are plenty of other top-tier free agents, including Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki and slugging first baseman Pete Alonso. RELATED: 2025 MLB free-agent ...

Rōki Sasaki, the most talented young pitcher on ... that Major League Baseball officials did a thorough investigation. MLB found no wrongdoing. The Dodgers played by the rules.

The race to sign Rōki Sasaki appears to be down to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. Per MLB insider Francys Romero, the San Diego Padres are no longer in the Sasaki sweepstakes and ...

Cy Young Awards were announced in November, and Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal are great. But the next Cy Young Award winner ...

Editor's Note: The story below originally ran in November, after Roki Sasaki's NPB team pledged to post the Japanese star pitcher. Sasaki announced Friday he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The mighty Dodgers, that Evil Empire on the West Coast, have struck again, signing Japanese phenom Rōki Sasaki.

MLB free agency is here ... including Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki and slugging first baseman Pete Alonso. And as Soto himself knows, after being dealt to New York from the San Diego Padres ...

For reference, the highest velocity Ohtani has reached in MLB is 101.4. In a WBC warmup game, Rōki Sasaki threw this pitch at 102.5 MPH! He and Shohei Ohtani are the only two Japanese pitchers to ...