Sasaki now bolsters a Dodgers' rotation that struggled with injuries to Tyler Glasnow, Clayton Kershaw, Gavin Stone, and River Ryan among others toward the end of the 2024 season.

Sasaki is also not the first Japanese prepster to come play college baseball in the United States. Rikuu Nishida, an 11th-round pick of the Chicago White Sox, played two seasons at a junior ...

Roki Sasaki threw a 39 pitch bullpen session on Wednesday, with another bullpen session scheduled for Saturday.

Huge late night news as 17-year-old Japanese sensation Rintaro Sasaki will forgo the NBP Draft and attend college in the United States. Walloped a Japanese HS record 140 HRs and hit over .400. 6 ...

During high school, his fastball reached 101 mph, breaking Shohei Ohtani’s record. So unlike Yamamota, Sasaki was considered the country’s best high school baseball prospect almost from day one.

The Tokyo Dome is alive with energy, but no one feels it more than Roki Sasaki. The post Roki Sasaki’s Dodgers Debut Season Faces Sky-High Expectations as Insider Drops Bold Prediction appeared ...

During high school, his fastball reached 101 mph, breaking Shohei Ohtani’s record. So unlike Yamamota, Sasaki was considered the country’s best high school baseball prospect almost from day one.

The right-hander, out since May 9 with a shoulder impingement, threw a 39-pitch bullpen session on Wednesday in hopes of ...

Sasaki hit a Japanese high school-record 140 home runs and was projected to be the No. 1 pick in the Nippon Professional Baseball Draft, but decided to go to a U.S. college.

While Sasaki has not decided on a college yet, he reportedly has Vanderbilt as his top school. The Commodores won the College World Series in 2014 and 2019 and finished as the runners-up in 2021.