clearing the path for the hard-throwing 23-year-old to transfer from Nippon Professional Baseball to MLB. Sasaki will be subject to international amateur free-agent restrictions, making him ...

Our long wait is finally over. After being posted by the Chiba Lotte Mariners of Nippon Professional Baseball back on November 9th, Rōki Sasaki has finally signed with an MLB team, agreeing to an ...

One of the biggest names in MLB free agency has officially chosen his new team. That would be 23-year-old Japanese starting pitcher Roki Sasaki, who opted to forgo a more lucrative payday to ...

Flamethrowing right-hander Rōki Sasaki announced on Instagram ... innings with a 3.52 ERA during the 2023 WBC. In Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, he struck out 129 hitters in 111 regular ...

MLB free agency has been ongoing since the end of the World Series. However, with less than two months until the start of spring training, the biggest remaining free agent is someone who's never ...

Rintaro Sasaki is a teenage phenomenon who aspires to play Major League Baseball. He is a trailblazer embarking upon an unconventional path for a Japanese ball player.

Joel Wolfe, now serving as Sasaki Rōki’s agent in his negotiations ... the mound to show what he is capable of. In Japan, meanwhile, the pro baseball world seems to have more mixed feelings ...

The New York Yankees have reportedly been informed that star Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki will not ... during the 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season in Japan. He also went 1-0 with a ...