The Los Angeles Dodgers have Roki Sasaki, but a new Japanese player named Munetaka Murakami is now getting attention.

What do you buy for the team that has everything? That is the question that the Los Angeles Dodgers have been wrestling with this winter. The answer, it would appear, is Roki Sasaki.

Japanese pitching star Roki Sasaki is the newest sensation in Major League Baseball after signing with the Los Angeles ...

The Detroit Tigers didn't try to sign Shohei Ohtani in 2017. A lot has changed since then, exemplified by an attempt to sign ...

Roki Sasaki said he looks forward to starting his Major League Baseball career in Los Angeles after signing a deal with the Dodgers on Wednesday that will see him team up with fellow Japanese players ...

Sasaki gained international recognition for his stellar performances in Japan and as a key player in Japan’s 2023 World Baseball Classic team. His arrival in Los Angeles marks the culmination of ...

Pitcher Roki Sasaki is the next big thing out ... Japanese baseball guards its talent. Japanese professional baseball players generally do not become free agents until they have played for almost ...

MLB's annual international signing period opened Wednesday and while the baseball world awaits Roki Sasaki's decision, the Athletics swooped in to sign a touted Japanese two-way player.

LOS ANGELES — Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post ... once I look back on my life as a baseball player. At my news conference for joining the club, I hope to wear ...

Sasaki said he prioritized joining a team that would embrace a Japanese player, but explained that there were other reasons that he ultimately chose the Dodgers.

Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with the A's.

Jan. 18, 2025 In addition to Ohtani, the Dodgers feature two other Japanese players in pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and newly signed Roki Sasaki. In 2023, Yamamoto joined Suzuki as two of only three ...