It also leaves more than a dozen spurned suitors in his wake, most notably the Toronto Blue Jays and San Diego Padres, apparently the last teams eliminated in this derby. Sasaki chose to get posted by ...

A Los Angeles Dodgers division rival didn't mince words when commenting on serious accusations about the star pitcher joining ...

The Japanese phenom, a 23-year-old right-handed pitcher, has trimmed his list to three finalists: Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays. The Tigers pursued Sasaki but were ...

San Diego Padres star pitcher Yu Darvish broke his silence after Roki Sasaki picked the rival Los Angeles Dodgers over his ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Toronto’s bid for Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki ended late last week when the right-hander signed with the ...

In the end, he chose the Dodgers over more lucrative offers from the San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays. The entire Dodgers organization believes Sasaki has the potential to become the best ...

Shohei Ohtani broke the news to the Los Angeles Dodgers that prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki was joining the team. Ohtani sent a text to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman ...

579 OPS the last three years and spent most of 2024 in Triple A. Toronto hoped to give that $2 million to Sasaki. The Jays have a projected luxury tax payroll of $261 million, but could keep adding.

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto acquired $2 million in international signing bonus pool allocation from the Cleveland Guardians that could be used in its pursuit of Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki as part of a ...

There’s been plenty of talk about the Dodgers and Padres as favorites, but Ken Rosenthal and Andy McCullough of The Athletic report that Sasaki recently traveled to Toronto to meet with the Blue ...

The Toronto Blue Jays, a silver medalist for one free agent after another the past two offseasons, are trying again. Club officials last week hosted prized Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki in ...

Citing “sources briefed on the meetings” The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported on Monday that Sasaki visited Toronto last week and met with Jays officials to discuss the possibility of ...