The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs open up the major league season on March 18-19 with the two-game Tokyo Series. The ...

Deciding it is time for high-upside young talent to arrive is a means for teams to rise to playoff contention -- unless the ...

Around the time that Roki Sasaki made his long-awaited decision to sign with the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles was reeling from a period of grief and devastation. A string of wildfires ripped ...

Roki Sasaki threw a splitter in the fourth inning on Tuesday that seemed like it dove straight down immediately after leaving ...

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As of February, Sasaki's dog had not yet met Decoy. But judging by the quick friendship struck up between Decoy and fellow pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto's dog this spring, it's likely only a matter of ...

Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto stand ... including the Mets and Yankees. Sasaki ultimately chose the Dodgers over the Padres and Blue Jays, who were also in his final three.

Roki Sasaki rolled 99-mph fastballs off his fingers, while mixing in splitters and sliders to keep Cincinnati Reds batters baffled in his Los Angeles Dodgers spring training debut in Phoenix.

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The Yankees should make the playoffs this season, even with Gerrit Cole out for the season with an elbow injury. Max Fried was brought in to be the second ace but can be a top-end pitcher when asked.