The Los Angeles Dodgers have been without starting pitcher Roki Sasaki for much of this season, but his recovery may be ...

The unique free agency process for Sasaki resulted in a three-team final race for the young pitcher who was deemed one of the ...

Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki has restarted his throwing program as he continues his recovery from a right ...

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts shared discouraging news about starting pitcher Roki Sasaki and his recovery from a shoulder injury on Sunday. According to the Orange County Register's Bill ...

Their last meeting came during the 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) season. Senga suited up for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, while Sasaki took the mound for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the sweepstakes for Rōki Sasaki in the offseason. However, early struggles have not yielded the best results as he tries to make it in Major League Baseball.

He has not been as dominant as he was in Japan, but he is still adjusting to the subtle differences between playing in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball. Sasaki had 129 ...

For years, it was assumed in Japan that Sasaki would take the same route Ohtani did by going No. 1 overall in the Nippon Professional Baseball draft and quickly ascend to a roster in the country's ...

Baseball has long been the most popular sport in Japan, with its top league, Nippon Professional Baseball, drawing nearly 27 million attendees last year. Yet players like Shohei Ohtani have become ...

Two young stars — 19-year-old Rintaro Sasaki and 18-year-old Shotaro Morii — have moved directly to American baseball, bypassing NPB restrictions and unwritten societal norms of playing first ...

What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country's pro ... His father has acknowledged pointing his son toward MLB rather than being the likely No. 1 draft choice in Japanese baseball. Sasaki ...