Former MLB general manager Jim Bowden said that the San Diego Padres are one of four teams that are more likely to sign ...

The Mets were early adopters of NPB starting pitchers. Masato Yoshii was a rotation regular for the 1998 and 1999 Mets. At ...

Roki Sasaki is unlikely to sign a contract for another two months, but a unanimous opinion has formed among baseball ...

MLB insider predicts the Padres are "more likely" to sign Roki Sasaki than the Dodgers, with several teams in the mix for the ...

The Dodgers are viewed as the favorites to sign Sasaki. But based on his conversations with league sources, Jim Bowden ...

While every team can afford to sign Roki Sasaki, the Los Angeles Dodgers have two prominent Japanese stars to help recruit ...

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Unlike other high profile Japanese players, Sasaki will take less money by signing a minor league contract at age 23, betting ...

Sasaki is a monster talent, one who could develop into a soul-snatching Cy Young level pitcher. He offers a rare combination ...

Great idea. Especially in the pursuit of Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, who will be posted this winter. He’s the equivalent of ...

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 ...

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Dallas Keuchel found himself in Japan for the last couple of months of the 2024 season ...