This year, the hot Japanese free agent pitcher on the market is Roki Sasaki, who might be an even bigger deal than Yamamoto. As an amateur free agent who can only make league minimum with international bonus pool money as a signing bonus,

The Mets were early adopters of NPB starting pitchers. Masato Yoshii was a rotation regular for the 1998 and 1999 Mets. At that point, only Hideo Nomo, Hideki Irabu and (briefly) Shigetoshi Hasegawa had started an MLB game in 35 years.

The Braves need to bolster the rotation, with Max Fried and Charlie Morton potentially parting ways with the club and Spencer Strider expected to miss a portion of the 2025 season.

MLB insider predicts the Padres are "more likely" to sign Roki Sasaki than the Dodgers, with several teams in the mix for the young star.

Once news emerged that top Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki is set to be posted for MLB teams, the consensus that emerged suggested that the Dodgers were his most likely landing spot. A new report suggests,

As all the attention in baseball is focused on Juan Soto, Scott Boras, and his free agency, there is another that should draw attention as well. That is Japanese righty Roki Sasaki. The 23-year-old really flashed in the World Baseball Classic a couple of years ago.

The MLB world has been taken by storm after Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki announced to the world that he will […]

After initial reports connected highly anticipated rookie ace Roki Sasaki to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the latest buzz suggests that LA isn't even a frontrunner.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have long been viewed as co-favorites to sign Japanese starting pitcher Roki Sasaki, eyeing the young

The Los Angeles Dodgers are pushing forward with an ambitious free-agency plan to strengthen their pitching rotation, setting their sights on more than one star addition. Roki Sasaki, the Japanese phenom with a blazing triple-digit fastball,