Roki Sasaki is younger, bigger and throws harder than Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Rowan Kavner looks at what the Dodgers are getting with their newest Japanese pitching phenom.

4. Sasaki will wear No. 11. Although Sasaki previously wore No. 14 during international play and No. 17 as a member of Nippon Professional Baseball's Chiba Lotte Marines, it was an open question ...

DETROIT — Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki was in Toronto meeting with the Blue Jays recently, and there’s no indication that he stopped in for a visit to Detroit on his way back to the West Coast.

Sasaki's fastball sat 96.1 mph Saturday, down a bit from the 100 mph gas he pumped during the Tokyo Series earlier this month. That is understandable though.

Sasaki didn’t want to wait, though, for a chance at playing in MLB. “Roki is by no means a finished product,” Wolfe said. “He knows it, and the teams know it.

Roki Sasaki’s decision to play for the Dodgers, on what will start as a standard minor-league contract, instantly transforms the club’s short- and long-term future.

On Monday evening, the Chicago Cubs were informed that they will not be the ultimate destination for Japanese phenom pitcher Roki Sasaki, a league source told The Athletic. The Cubs were one of ...

The Mets met with Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki in Los Angeles on Thursday, The Post confirmed, becoming the first known team to visit in-person with him during the free-agency process. SNY first ...

If Sasaki is officially posted, that triggers a 45-day window in which he can negotiate with every MLB club, from the Dodgers to the White Sox. If he signs with a team, that's it.

Two days before the Winter Meetings officially begin, the annual baseball wheeling-and-dealing exhibition grew more interesting. Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki is expected to be posted during the ...

Roki Sasaki is younger, bigger and throws harder than Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Rowan Kavner looks at what the Dodgers are getting with their newest Japanese pitching phenom.