Now Roki Sasaki might be taking it a step further. Rather than sitting in the 60s or low 70s, Dickey threw his knuckleball upward of 80 mph — and for strikes. When the "angry knuckler" worked ...

“They do a really good job.” Speaking of doing a really good job, rookie Roki Sasaki, who will start the second game of the Cubs series in Japan, tuned up for that appearance Tuesday with four ...

Roki Sasaki has looked as advertised during spring training—and at times it looks like he's toying with opposing hitters. On Tuesday during a four-inning outing against the Cleveland Guardians ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — While Roki Sasaki’s pitching exploits in Japan are legendary, there is at least one person close to him who is sure the best is yet to come. For a pitcher who fired a perfect ...

Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman recap Roki Sasaki’s spring ball debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers in which he threw three shutout innings. What can we expect from the Japanese phenom this season?

Sasaki really is that nasty. The 23-year-old pitched four seasons in Japan and went 30-15 with a 2.02 ERA during his pro career. He struck out 524 batters in 414.2 career innings. Sasaki pitched a ...

Yesterday the Dodgers announced that pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki would start the two-game series against the Cubs in Tokyo. Yamamoto, from Okayama, and Sasaki, from Rikuzentakata ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Was Roki Sasaki excited to pitch in a Cactus League game for the first time with the Dodgers on Tuesday night? You be the judge – his first pitch was a fastball that ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- More than the fastball that sat at 98 mph or the three shutout innings, the story of Roki Sasaki's debut as a Los Angeles Dodger on Tuesday night was best told through the words ...

But they also landed highly-coveted Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, who has been dominant in Nippon Professional Baseball but has yet to throw a pitch in an official Major League Baseball game.

Injuries cast a shadow over Dodgers' Opening Day preparations Sasaki threw three scoreless innings, allowed two hits, struck out five and walked one, during 46 pitches, 26 of them strikes.