LOS ANGELES -- The shoulder injury that recently landed Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki on the injured list is a lesser version of something he experienced in Japan last season ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers entered the 2025 season with two goals: to repeat as World Series champions and to develop Roki Sasaki at the major league level. So far, so good for the first goal.

"Rintaro! Rintaro!" They were hoping to get the attention of college baseball's next big thing: Rintaro Sasaki, a power-hitting legend of Japanese high school baseball, who rewrote the record ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Rintaro Sasaki didn’t so much choose baseball as it chose him: Born to a legendary high school coach in Japan, gifted with a massive frame that generates prodigious ...

Roki Sasaki has an arm that was gifted to him from the heavens. That was never in question. Whether Sasaki becomes the best pitcher in baseball, or even just a mainstay in the Dodgers rotation ...

Roki Sasaki, one of the most hyped MLB prospects in recent memory, made his spring training debut on Tuesday for the Los Angeles Dodgers. His velocity was as advertised. In three scoreless innings ...

The number is in: A total of 20 MLB teams submitted information to Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki. The Detroit Tigers were one of those 20. Sasaki, a 23-year-old right-hander, will sign with ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Rintaro Sasaki zooms up to the ballpark on an electric bike with a brown bag of food in hand, ready to grab a quick bite of lunch then get right to work in the batting cage.

Now that Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki has officially signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he is ready to enjoy some American food. "I haven’t tried any American hamburgers, so I’m really ...

Unbeaten Japanese boxing star Jin Sasaki headlines the undercard of Naoya Inoue's undisputed super bantamweight title defense against Ye Joon Kim on Jan. 24 in Tokyo. Sasaki, a rising star with ...

By: Will Sammon, Dennis Lin, Fabian Ardaya, Tyler Kepner and Eno Sarris For some teams in Major League Baseball, the chase for Roki Sasaki could not be measured in mere months. It lasted for years.