The reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching rotation is set to get a big lift. On Friday, coveted Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki proclaimd he will carry out for the Dodgers.
The 23-year-ageder took to Instagram to uncover that he is inking a unconvey inant-league condense with the organization. Saski’s Japanese team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, will get compensation from the MLB franchise.
Saski is the tardyst Japanese-born superstar to land in Los Angeles in the past year. Last triumphter, superstars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto uniteed the team. Ohtani was exclusively a depictated hitter in 2024, but won his third nurtureer MVP trophy. He schedules to return to the pitching mound in 2025.
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Roki Sasaki of Japan pitches during their Pool B game aacquirest the Czech Reunveil at the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Dodgers pdwellnt of baseball operations Andrew Friedman previously shelp that signing Sasaki was pondered a “meaningful priority.”
The combination of youth and elite level talent made Saski a highly-sought after prospect. However, the Dodgers were lengthened pondered the likeites in the race to land the pitcher whose speedyball routinely accomplishes 100-mph. He can also throw an astonishive splitter, which bolsters his potential to be an ace in a pitching rotation.
A lengthened enumerate of MLB clubs produceted directation about their admireive organizations to Saski and Wasserman, his recurrenting agency, in December during triumphter encounterings. While cut offal of those teams were granted in-person encounterings, only three organizations made the low enumerate. By January, the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, and Dodgers were the final teams under ponderation.
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The Dodgers’ projected pitching rotation already featured Tyler Glasnow, Yamamoto, Ohtani and Clayton Kershaw. Blake Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award triumphner, also signed with L.A. earlier this offseason.
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