Roki Sasaki said he looks forward to starting his Major League Baseball career in Los Angeles after signing a deal with the Dodgers on Wednesday that will see him team up with fellow Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed international free agent right-handed pitcher Roki Sasaki. Sasaki, 23, joins the Dodgers after spending the last four seasons with the Chiba Lotte Mariners of the Nippon Professional Baseball league.
Roki Sasaki donned a No. 11 Los Angeles Dodgers jersey atop a makeshift stage on Wednesday afternoon and called it the culmination of "an incredibly difficult decision."
Prior to the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional ... Major League Baseball conducted an investigation before authorizing Sasaki’s posting. Jack Harris of The Los Angeles Times reported ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki to a one-year, $6.5 million contract. Sasaki joins fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The 23-year-old pitcher previously played for the Chiba Lotte Mariners,
The 23-year-old pitcher donned a No. 11 jersey with R. Sasaki on the back at a news conference outside Dodger Stadium.
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Ohtani sent a text to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman even before Sasaki’s agent informed the club.
The Dodgers bolstered their starting rotation on Wednesday with the addition of right-hander Roki Sasaki, who will join fellow Japanese pitchers Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Los Angeles, the team said in a statement.
Less than a week after announcing he would sign with the Dodgers in one this offseason's major free agency coups, Roki Sasaki was officially introduced by the team.
Roki Sasaki makes first comments as a Dodger after opting to team up with compatriots Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in LA Roki Sasaki said he looks forward to starting his Major League Baseball career in Los Angeles after signing a deal with the Dodgers on Wednesday that will see him team up with fellow Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and