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Japanese right-hander pitcher Roki Sasaki, 23, is introduced by the Los Angeles Dodgers at a news conference at Dodger Stadium Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 in Los Angeles.
2024 saw him go 10-5 with an ERA of 2.35 across 18 games, striking out 129 batters in 111 innings along the way. ... Roki Sasaki will be the 13th Japanese-born player to play for the Dodgers ...
He backed that up in his final season in Japan, winning 10 games in 18 starts and striking out 129 in 111 innings. ... Dodgers to sign Japanese phenom. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement ...
A total of 81 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, eleven are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
The Dodgers are expected to be a top contender for Roki Sasaki, though Joel Wolfe said he still has to talk more with Sasaki about exactly what he is looking for in an MLB team.
Kenta Maeda (前田 健太, Maeda Kenta, born April 11, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
He earned the save in the championship game after pitching the final inning of Japan's win over the US in the final, striking out his Los Angeles Angels teammate Mike Trout with a 3-2 slider to seal Japan's WBC championship, and won the tournament's MVP award after batting .435/.606/.739 as a hitter and posting a 1.86 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 9 ...
The Dodgers, who have become Japan’s most beloved team and have the current largest international bonus pool of $2.5 million, certainly are the heavy favorites. ... 194-pitch complete game ...