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 ...

TOKYO -- The current baseball offseason has seen four transfers from Nippon Professional Baseball to North America's Major League Baseball, continuing an outflow of Japanese players that NPB is ...

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

Roki Sasaki immediately became MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 prospect once he officially signed his contract with the Los Angeles ...

Because Sasaki is under 25 and has not played six seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball, he is classified as an international amateur by MLB. That means he’s limited to a minor league contract ...

Top Japanese players traditionally have signed first with Nippon Professional Baseball clubs and established ... life and whole career.” Rintaro Sasaki, a first baseman who turned 19 in April, ...

Sasaki, who turned pro with Nippon Professional Baseball at the age of 19, certainly seems to have the skills to live up to the hype. In high school, he broke Ohtani’s fastball velocity record ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams began their spring training workouts Saturday, with many of them in indoor facilities due to bad weather. Seven teams started ...

The Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela — the four members of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation ... Caribbean Series 2025. Japan, a special guest ...

The Padres were reportedly a frontrunner to sign star Japanese free agent Rōki Sasaki this offseason. Like Scott, Sasaki ultimately decided to sign with the divisional rival Los Angeles Dodgers.