Effective but uneven. Five starts in, Dodgers’ rookie phenom Roki Sasaki is surviving, but the underlying numbers raise real ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers ended up winning the sweepstakes for Rōki Sasaki in the offseason. However, they met a special ...

For years, it was assumed in Japan that Sasaki would take the same route Ohtani did by going No. 1 overall in the Nippon Professional Baseball draft and quickly ascend to a roster in the country's ...

What happens to baseball in Japan ... what Sasaki and Morii have done in circumventing the local system. “Our general philosophy is to have locally born players play in their local professional ...

Here is a closer look at some of the majors’ most intriguing rookies this year: The rich got a little richer when the World Series champions signed Sasaki to a minor league contract in January ...

FULLERTON, California—Stanford University first baseman Rintaro Sasaki took questions ... university officials of Japan and the United States. Nippon Professional Baseball teams want university ...

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 ...

The Dodgers’ pursuit of Japanese star Rōki Sasaki included an unexpected request that may have sealed the deal.

What happens to baseball in Japan ... what Sasaki and Morii have done in circumventing the local system. “Our general philosophy is to have locally born players play in their local professional ...