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

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 ...

“Breaking: Star Japanese pitcher Roki ... is his splitter. That’s the deceptive, diving form of changeup that Kirby Yates and ...

Japanese superstars have been a driving force in MLB free agency in recent years, most notably when Shohei Ohtani and ...

Roki Sasaki is the next Japanese superstar ready to make his presence known in the MLB next season, and all 30 teams in the ...

Roki Sasaki ... system that will make Sasaki the kind of bargain even tiny markets can fit into a budget. The right-hander throws 100 mph, is renowned for a devastating splitter and turned ...

Roki Sasaki ... system. Sasaki pitched for Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic and drew attention for hitting triple digits with his fastball. He throws a slider and splitter as well.

Baseball America prospect maven Geoff Pontes and editor-in-chief J.J. Cooper hop on the podcast to deliver an in-depth look at Roki Sasaki, the Japanese righthander whose posting has shaken up the ...

The first bombshell of Major League Baseball’s offseason landed Saturday when the Chiba Lotte Marines announced 23-year-old pitching phenom Roki Sasaki ... a vanishing splitter and an incredible ...

Roki Sasaki has MLB free agency buzzing even more so than they already were with Juan Soto on the market this offseason. The 23-year-old Japanese pitcher is set to be posted this offseason by the ...

Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire, and now the baseball world has been set ablaze after the news that Japanese superstar pitcher Roki Sasaki would be posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, expected to be the most coveted free agent amateur since Shohei Ohtani, has received permission from his Japanese team to be posted this winter — the first step in ...