A 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 mph, Sasaki will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in a move many baseball executives have long expected.

Roki Sasaki has picked the Dodgers and some MLB fans are unhappy with his decision. Here's a video of an MLB fan ranting on the same.

Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Rōki Sasaki, the 23-year-old phenom from Japan whose services for the next six seasons could be procured by every Major League Baseball franchise for the equivalent of a rounding error, ended his six-week recruiting period by agreeing to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday,

For some teams in Major League Baseball, the chase for Roki Sasaki could not be measured in mere months. It lasted for years. One of those teams, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, concluded that pursuit on Friday night by landing the star pitcher from Japan.

Japanese ace Roki Sasaki made his free-agent decision on Friday, agreeing to join the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers were long seen as the favorites for services of the 23-year-old pitching phenom,

Roki Sasaki is joining the Los Angeles Dodgers! After the Chiba Lotte Mariners of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball announced they planned to post their 23-year-old star pitcher in November, he immediately became the No.