Baseball fans who grew up during the so-called "Evil Empire" days of the New York Yankees under George Steinbrenner could surely never envision a time

Had Sasaki, 23, made a different decision and gone with the Yankees instead of the Dodgers, Cedeno — and some of the other top Yankee signees — likely would have ended up elsewhere, since Sasaki would have taken up most of their $6.2 million pool.

Japanese ace Roki Sasaki has whittled his list of teams down to two. On Friday, Cuban baseball reporter Francys Romero reported that the San Diego Padres are “out” on the 23-year-old right-hander. That leaves the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays.

Juan Soto, OF, New York Yankees (26) — signed with Mets I mean ... needy team feel confident in him headlining a rotation. Sasaki, who has been one of the most intriguing arms in Japan ...

The 26-year-old slugger is coming off a career year with the New York Yankees, having also helped ... including Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki and slugging first baseman Pete Alonso.

The race to sign Rōki Sasaki appears to be down to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. Per MLB insider Francys Romero, the San Diego Padres are

This time, they won the pursue of Japanese ace pitcher Rōki Sasaki. The 23-year-old announced he was joining the Dodgers in an Instagram post, as if signing Shohei Ohtani (10 years, $700 million ...

The mighty Dodgers, that Evil Empire on the West Coast, have struck again, signing Japanese phenom Rōki Sasaki.

Sasaki's other finalists were the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers. According to The Athletic, the Blue ...

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.

The splitter is on the rise in Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers are cornering the market. Splitters were thrown more often in 2024 than in any other season of the pitch tracking era, which goes back to 2008.

No one likes waiting for the phone to ring. World Series Champions are no exception. Jack Flaherty — 29-years-old and coming off a season in which he pitched to a 13-7 record and a 3.17 ERA —