Japan's Rintaro Sasaki is a baseball star in his home country. He's gracing Cape Cod Baseball League fields this summer with ...

Dave Roberts provided the latest Roki Sasaki injury update ahead of the Dodgers' game on Saturday against the Royals.

Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki has restarted his throwing program as he continues his recovery from a right ...

Their last meeting came during the 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) season. Senga suited up for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, while Sasaki took the mound for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

I think you learn that by doing that here." In Nippon Professional Baseball last season, Sasaki had a 2.35 ERA. He had a 2.46 ERA in four seasons for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

The Dodgers gave Sasaki a $6.5 million signing bonus, and he is earning a rookie salary this year. Sasaki left plenty of money on the table by signing with the Dodgers before he turned 25.

Shotaro Morii, 18, and Rintaro Sasaki, 19, "moved directly to American baseball," bypassing Nippon restrictions and "unwritten societal norms of playing first in Japan," said The Associated Press.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani (17) bats against the Hanshin Tigers during the third inning in an MLB Japan Series exhibition baseball game, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Tokyo.

He attended Hanamaki Higashi High School, the same high school as Ohtani and where Sasaki’s father, Hiroshi, is the baseball coach. Sasaki will be eligible for the MLB draft in 2026.

Sasaki will be eligible for the MLB draft in 2026. “I don’t know how I will influence Japanese high school baseball players, but I’m just going on my path, my way,” he said speaking in ...

Sasaki is loving the bike, just as he is loving everything about his unprecedented start in NCAA baseball. Sasaki likely would have been the top overall pick in the Nippon Professional Baseball Draft.