Date | News |
2/12/25 | Roki Sasaki, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga expected to pitch for Dodgers, Cubs during Japan trip. The teams will open the season at the Tokyo Dome on March 18-19. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/roki-sasaki-yoshinobu-yam... |
2/11/25 | Dodgers pitchers and catchers hold first Spring Training workout. While many familiar faces flooded the fields at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, the spring training facility for both the Dodgers and Chicago White Sox, there were also a slew of new additions to the team that joined Tuesday's practice. Among them were Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki, who now joins fellow countrymen in Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and standout relief pitchers Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates, both of whom signed in recent weeks. Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/dodgers-pi... |
2/10/25 | Andrew Friedman reveals 'Shohei Ohtani' rules advantage Dodgers used in Roki Sasaki pitch. Roki Sasaki, the latest Japanese pitching phenom to emerge and cross over into Major League Baseball, inked a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers last month, ending a sweepstakes for the 23-year-old pitcher that lasted for several weeks of the offseason. Dodgers GM Andrew Friedman, in his recent interview with Foul Territory, explained how the Dodgers were able to persuade Sasaki to join them in Los Angeles, including mention of a particular roster advantage the team has with Shohei Ohtani. Source: https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-andrew-fried... |
2/07/25 | Spring training preview: Dodgers are favored to be MLB's first repeat champion in a quarter-century. Spring training workouts start Sunday with the Los Angeles Dodgers trying to become the first repeat champion since the New York Yankees won three in a row from 1998 to 2000. Coming off their second title in five seasons, the Dodgers added Roki Sasaki, the prized 23-year-old right-hander from Japan, along with left-hander Blake Snell to a pitching staff expecting two-way star Shohei Ohtani to return to the mound in April or May after recovering from elbow surgery. Tampa Bay and the Athletics will be preparing for vagabond seasons in minor league ballparks. Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/spring-traini... |
2/05/25 | Dodgers $350 million rival makes thoughts on Roki Sasaki very clear. The Los Angeles Dodgers have made several additions that might frustrate other teams. Sasaki opted to join Major League Baseball in a leap from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization and, due to the international signing rules for MLB, he was free to choose any interested club and could only sign for a relatively-small salary. The finalists included the Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays, and when Sasaki chose the Dodgers, some accused the team of organizing a prearranged deal with the player. Source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/los-angeles-do... |