Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki said on Friday he has agreed to join Major League Baseball's reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Roki Sasaki, the prized 23-year-old Japanese right-hander, has signed with the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced Friday.

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In a tidal wave of replies to MLB insider Jeff Passan's X post about Sasaki, baseball fans were united in their frustrations that the Dodgers had secured the 23-year-old phenom after weeks of speculation that pointed toward this outcome.

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A 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 miles per hour, Sasaki will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in a move many baseball executives have long expected.