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TOKYO — The spotlight will be on slugger Shohei Ohtani when the superstar returns to Japan and leads the defending World ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs have five of the 11 active Japanese players in the Majors between their rosters, ...

The spotlight will be on slugger Shohei Ohtani this week when the superstar returns to Japan and leads the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs in the first two ...

The Roki Sasaki splitter is here, and it might be even nastier than we thought. Sasaki was all-around electric in his Dodgers ...

Newest Dodgers star Roki Sasaki threw three scoreless innings in his spring training debut Tuesday night, striking out five ...

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PHOENIX — As free-agent acquisitions go, Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki generated similar hype ... spring debut in an 11-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners, offering a first glimpse at the wicked ...

Los Angeles Dodgers rookie right-handed pitcher Roki Sasaki faced an opposing team ... in the team’s Cactus League game vs. the Seattle Mariners? “We have a lot of guys that we’re building ...

Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old Japanese phenom, was signed as a "prospect" and paid a modest sum from the Dodgers' international bonus pool money. His minor-leauge contract came with a $6.5 million ...

Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki is inching closer to appearing ... also play a regular Cactus League game against the Seattle Mariners that day, with fellow newcomer Blake Snell getting ...