Is Roki Sasaki the best pitching prospect ever? Here's what execs said
MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his fastball as a 17-year-old in 2019, part of a 194-pitch, 12-inning, 21-strikeout complete game in the national summer Koshien tournament.
Roki Sasaki signs with the Dodgers: MLB experts discuss his fit and the fallout
For some teams in Major League Baseball, the chase for Roki Sasaki could not be measured in mere months. It lasted for years. One of those teams, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, concluded that pursuit on Friday night by landing the star pitcher from Japan.
Roki Sasaki burst ... in the 88-90 mph range, Sasaki kills spin with it, and it comes out of his hand looking like his ...
Once Juan Soto was off the market, the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes immediately ... Sasaki’s key pitch is his fastball, but his average fastball velocity dropped from 98.8 mph in 2023 to 96.8 mph ...
Roki Sasaki contract: How MLB rules limit Japanese ace's Dodgers deal, and why he is worth much more
Japanese ace Roki Sasaki made ... to the majors this year, Sasaki was always going to end up underpaid relative to his ...
Had Sasaki, 23, made a different decision and gone with the Yankees instead of the Dodgers, Cedeno — and some of the other ...
Roki Sasaki did what everyone expected him to do ... He also has a 90- to 92-mph slider that’s more of an average pitch, serving as a different look from the split or fastball but without ...
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