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Many baseball insiders wondered why Roki Sasaki chose this offseason to make the leap from Japan to Major League Baseball.

MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his ...

Sasaki joins the World Series champions after spending the past four seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball league. The 6ft 2in pitcher whose fastball can top 100 ...

the 23-year-old Sasaki confirmed at his introductory news conference at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, was related to elbow problems he experienced as a first-year player on the Chiba Lotte Marines ...

The night before Roki Sasaki was to be introduced at Dodger Stadium, the Japanese pitcher met LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and others at his first Lakers game.

LeBron James is one of the few athletes in NBA history whose fame goes well beyond what he can do on a basketball court. He is, of course, one of ...

Sasaki was made available to MLB teams for a 45-day window by the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s Pacific League under the posting agreement between Nippon Professional Baseball and MLB.

Prior to the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball officially posting right-hander Roki Sasaki for major league clubs last month, Major League Baseball conducted an investigation ...

The league also discussed the same with the Chiba Lotte Marines. The Marines were ready to part ways with a top pitcher. What might seem surprising is the Marines were ready to surrender Sasaki ...

Rōki Sasaki may have taken a pay cut in order ... after posting a career 2.10 ERA in four seasons with Japan's Chiba Lotte Marines. He announced Saturday on social media that he was signing ...

As Ken Rosenthal and friends at The Athletic ($ required) noted, MLB's investigation didn't solely involve the Dodgers, but Sasaki's former team, Chiba Lotte Marines. "The primary focus of the ...