Andrew Friedman reveals the Los Angeles Dodgers' plan for Roki Sasaki to start the 2025 season against the Chicago Cubs.

This is how it feels, anyway, and it isn't just because the Dodgers were revealed as the winners of the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes on Friday. It is a big deal that one of the most talented pitchers on Earth is destined for Dodger Blue, but there's more going on here.

At his age and talent level, Sasaki folds in perfectly for a Dodgers club that was already planning on running a six-man rotation.

The Dodgers cemented their status as the preferred MLB destination for NPB stars and transformed their rotation into a Mount Rushmore of Japanese pitching luminaries by winning the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes.

Even with Soto no longer available, there are plenty of other top-tier free agents, including Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki ... operations Andrew Friedman said signing Sasaki was "a major priority ...

The Toronto Blue Jays' meeting with Japanese pitcher Rōki ... Blue Jays got Sasaki's attention," he said. "Those efforts were also driven forward by longtime front office execs Andrew Tinnish ...

The greatest team in baseball is adding an extremely talented, cost-effective and potentially dominant piece to a star-studded pitching rotation. Rōki Sasaki, the 23-year-old phenom from Japan ...

Sasaki opened his free agency window on Dec. 9, meaning he only has 45 days – until January 23 – to make a signing decision, or he would be forced to play another year with the Chiba Lotte ...

"One of our goals is to have baseball fans in Japan convert to Dodger blue," president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman ... their interest in Sasaki known early, with Friedman describing ...

To the chagrin of the rest of the baseball world, the reigning World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers won the intense Roki Sasaki sweepstakes in the MLB offseason. The Dodgers, already boasting a stellar roster before Sasaki decided to take his talents to Hollywood,

The right-hander was one of the most sought after international free agents in recent memory, but the Dodgers won the race to land the coveted pitcher's services.

This time, they won the pursue of Japanese ace pitcher Rōki Sasaki. The 23-year-old announced he was joining the Dodgers in an Instagram post, as if signing Shohei Ohtani (10 years, $700 million ...