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.
He'll join Ohtani and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the Dodgers. “Roki is really, really soft spoken,” Betts said. “You can tell that he’ll love being around Yoshi (Yamamoto) and Shohei. I think that will really help him a lot.” Betts described ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers had a secret weapon in their meetings with Japanse phenom Roki Sasaki. More news: Dodgers' Miguel Rojas Makes Big Announcement Followi
The saga over the signing of Japanese phenomenon Roki Sasaki ended last Friday and the team chosen was the Los Angeles Dodgers, who once again came out on top and demonstrated thei
The San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays were the other finalists, but as expected, he's joining Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in LA. The Dodgers didn't even need to dip into their deep pockets to entice Sasaki to make his baseball ...
Seven-time NL MVP and MLB legend Barry Bonds recently attended the 100th New York Baseball Writers Dinner, where the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) gives out its yearly awards. The event honored Bonds’ godfather,
On Thursday it was reported that Roki Sasaki would be joining the rotation that includes Blake Snell, Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Tyler Glasnow.
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 list of Los Angeles Dodgers players attending 2025 DodgerFest at Dodger Stadium is headlined by Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. It is the first DodgerFest for Yoshinobu Yamamoto,
Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts acknowledges challenges in competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for top Japanese talent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes reveals the team’s strategy for rising star Roki Sasaki’s pitching role and his adaptation to MLB.