The favorite to win the NL Rookie of the Year in 2025 is Roki Sasaki of the Dodgers, who is going off at +200 on Caesars. Sasaki is only 23, but he still has four years of NPB experience with more ...

Roki Sasaki has struggled to consistently throw the ball hard, averaging just 96 mph with his four-seamer this season while sometimes dropping down to the 92-93 mph range.

He walked four. He was charged with three hits and two runs. Of 61 pitches, only 32 were strikes. Sasaki was in obvious shock as he departed from the mound without handing the baseball to Roberts.

Sasaki later admitted the suggestion was a bit more tongue-in-cheek, but the pitcher had liked that the team was willing to listen to his input and that it “was definitely a factor” in him ...

That he can make pitches." Sasaki pairs his high-octane fastball with an outlier splitter. It's an outlier because the pitch averages a spin rate right around 500 rpm, which is exceptionally low.

Sasaki has been in Los Angeles for the majority of his stay stateside, but the Dodgers’ meeting would give them something not afforded at the Wasserman office meetings (but permitted in his city ...

Sasaki didn’t want to wait, though, for a chance at playing in MLB. “Roki is by no means a finished product,” Wolfe said. “He knows it, and the teams know it. He’s incredibly talented.

Probably not how Dodgers fans envisioned Sasaki's opening moments in MLB. This is one pitch and one at-bat, of course, so we can hardly take it as gospel. In fact, Sasaki recovered nicely ...

Sasaki will reportedly not play collegiate baseball until the spring 2025 season. In the name: MVP candidates Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuña Jr. top MLB jersey sales list ...