MLB fires umpire for violating baseball's gambling rules Sasaki's signing with the reigning MLB champions was a huge surprise, after it was revealed that the Japanese pitcher for the San Diego ...

In the second row was a tall 8-year-old, Roki Sasaki. He was one of the youngest boys in the Little League program, tagging along with his older brother, Ryuki, the team’s shortstop. The coach ...

Roki Sasaki won’t be coming to New York. After the Yankees learned that they were eliminated from the Sasaki sweepstakes, the Mets were also informed later Monday that Sasaki will not be signing ...

Roki Sasaki is narrowing down his choices — and it’s bad news for both local teams. The Yankees and Mets were each told the 23-year-old Japanese right-hander won’t be signing with them ...

With the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes in the home stretch, it appears the Japanese phenom has narrowed down his choices. According to a report from MLB Network insider Jon Heyman, the Dodgers, Padres and ...

The greatest team in baseball is adding an extremely talented, cost-effective and potentially dominant piece to a star-studded pitching rotation. And with that agreement, not only did the rich get ...

With just two days before the window to sign him opens, the field for star Japanese right-hander Rōki Sasaki has narrowed - setting up a likely battle between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles ...

The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes is over—the Japanese-born pitcher announced Friday that he has signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Two days after the international signing period opened on ...

The Roki Sasaki saga is coming to a head as his 45-day posting window will soon expire. One of the most talented young pitchers in the world will make a decision in the coming days about where he ...

Editor's Note: The story below originally ran in November, after Roki Sasaki's NPB team pledged to post the Japanese star pitcher. Sasaki announced Friday he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Dodgers offseason wouldn’t have necessarily been a failure if they had missed on star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. But by agreeing to sign the 23-year-old star right-hander Friday ...

On Friday, Japanese ace Roki Sasaki announced his intention to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers, choosing the defending World Series champions over the San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays ...