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fromDodgers Digest
4 days ago
LA Dodgers

Roki fights command, Espinal stars, first cuts, relievers excel, WBC, Stone avoids the worst, depth gambit finally works, more - Dodgers Digest

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fromDodgers Nation
1 week ago

Dodgers' Dave Roberts Makes Roki Sasaki Decision For Opening Day

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts maintains confidence in Roki Sasaki despite a rough spring training outing where he struggled with control and pitch location before improving in the second inning.
LA Dodgers
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki struggles early in second Cactus League start, then settles down

Roki Sasaki struggled early with command and gave up a grand slam, but recovered in later innings by adjusting his upper-body mechanics and retired six consecutive batters.
LA Dodgers
fromLos Angeles Times
19 hours ago

'They said it was electric.' Roki Sasaki makes strides in outing against minor leaguers

Roki Sasaki delivered an impressive minor-league performance, striking out nine batters in four innings while throwing 98-100 mph fastballs with improved command after early spring struggles.
fromDodgers Digest
4 days ago
LA Dodgers

Roki fights command, Espinal stars, first cuts, relievers excel, WBC, Stone avoids the worst, depth gambit finally works, more - Dodgers Digest

LA Dodgers
fromDodgers Nation
1 week ago

Dodgers' Dave Roberts Makes Roki Sasaki Decision For Opening Day

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts maintains confidence in Roki Sasaki despite a rough spring training outing where he struggled with control and pitch location before improving in the second inning.
LA Dodgers
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki struggles early in second Cactus League start, then settles down

Roki Sasaki struggled early with command and gave up a grand slam, but recovered in later innings by adjusting his upper-body mechanics and retired six consecutive batters.
#los-angeles-dodgers
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fromDodgers Nation
21 hours ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki Dominant in One-Hit Start

Roki Sasaki struck out nine batters across four innings in a minor league game, demonstrating improved performance and securing his spot as a Dodgers starting pitcher for the season.
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fromDodgers Nation
23 hours ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki will begin season as starter

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed Roki Sasaki will start the 2026 season as a starter despite recent poor spring training performances.
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fromDodgers Nation
5 days ago

Three Reasons to be Optimistic About Dodgers' Roki Sasaki

Roki Sasaki's early spring struggles as a starter are mechanical rather than mental, with the pitcher confident he can correct ingrained bad habits through focused training.
LA Dodgers
fromDodger Blue
5 days ago

Dodgers Spring Training: Roki Sasaki Trying To Make Mechanical Adjustments

Roki Sasaki showed improvement against Cleveland despite early struggles, with better command after the first inning, though fastball strike percentage remains below 50%.
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fromDodgers Nation
1 week ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki Recovers in Second Spring Start After First Inning Meltdown

Roki Sasaki struggled with command in the first inning but recovered in the second, retiring six straight hitters with improved velocity and effectiveness.
LA Dodgers
fromDodgers Nation
19 hours ago

Dave Roberts Raves About Roki Sasaki After Strong Spring Outing

Roki Sasaki delivered an impressive minor league performance with nine strikeouts in four innings, positioning him as a key starter for the Dodgers amid injuries to Blake Snell and Gavin Stone.
LA Dodgers
fromDodgers Nation
21 hours ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki Dominant in One-Hit Start

Roki Sasaki struck out nine batters across four innings in a minor league game, demonstrating improved performance and securing his spot as a Dodgers starting pitcher for the season.
LA Dodgers
fromDodgers Nation
23 hours ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki will begin season as starter

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed Roki Sasaki will start the 2026 season as a starter despite recent poor spring training performances.
LA Dodgers
fromDodgers Nation
5 days ago

Three Reasons to be Optimistic About Dodgers' Roki Sasaki

Roki Sasaki's early spring struggles as a starter are mechanical rather than mental, with the pitcher confident he can correct ingrained bad habits through focused training.
Toronto
fromJays Journal
6 days ago

Dodgers' lingering Roki Sasaki disaster means Blue Jays might win the war

Roki Sasaki's underperformance with the LA Dodgers suggests the Toronto Blue Jays may have avoided a costly mistake by not signing him.
#dodgers-rotation
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fromDodgers Nation
1 week ago

Dodgers' Opening Day Starting Rotation Outlook After Latest Injuries

The Dodgers face uncertainty in their 2026 Opening Day rotation with Snell and Stone sidelined, leaving multiple spots open and creating competition among pitchers including the struggling Roki Sasaki.
fromDodger Blue
2 months ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers News: Roki Sasaki Working Hard To Contribute More In 2026

Roki Sasaki overcame early struggles and a right shoulder injury to excel as a postseason reliever and is expected back in the 2026 Dodgers rotation.
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fromDodgers Nation
1 week ago

Dodgers' Opening Day Starting Rotation Outlook After Latest Injuries

The Dodgers face uncertainty in their 2026 Opening Day rotation with Snell and Stone sidelined, leaving multiple spots open and creating competition among pitchers including the struggling Roki Sasaki.
LA Dodgers
fromDodgers Nation
1 week ago

Roki Sasaki Fails to Record An Out in Dodgers' Spring Training Disaster Start

Roki Sasaki struggled significantly in spring training, failing to record an out while allowing a grand slam and walking multiple batters in limited pitches.
#pitch-development
#world-baseball-classic
fromDodger Blue
1 month ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers News: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Pitching For Team Japan In 2026 World Baseball Classic

fromDodger Blue
3 months ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers Rumors: Roki Sasaki On Preliminary Team Japan Roster For 2026 World Baseball Classic

fromDodger Blue
1 month ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers News: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Pitching For Team Japan In 2026 World Baseball Classic

fromDodger Blue
3 months ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers Rumors: Roki Sasaki On Preliminary Team Japan Roster For 2026 World Baseball Classic

fromDodger Blue
1 month ago

Dodgers Decided Against Roki Sasaki Pitching In 2026 World Baseball Classic

"I didn't have a conversation, per se, with the team," Sasaki said through his interpreter at DodgerFest. "It was really up to the team. You know, it was really the team that decided. But for me, my mentality is it's going to be a lot of competition to earn the spot in the rotation, so that's my mindset going into Spring Training."
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fromESPN.com
1 month ago

Fantasy baseball: What to expect from Murakami, Okamoto, Imai and more

Players from Japan and Korea had mixed, often frustrating MLB seasons despite playoff contributions and notable incoming talent poised to affect 2026 fantasy production.
Major League Baseball
fromDodgers Nation
3 months ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki Expected to Represent Team Japan in World Baseball Classic

Roki Sasaki made Team Japan's preliminary roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic and is expected to make the final roster.
Major League Baseball
fromDodgers Nation
3 months ago

Dodgers Notes: GM Talks Starting Rotation, Hyeseong Kim Pitches 3 Shutout Innings, Bellinger Update

The Dodgers may keep a six-man rotation in 2026 with Roki Sasaki returning, Hyeseong Kim competing, and pursuit of a left fielder like Cody Bellinger.
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fromDodgers Digest
3 months ago

Dodgers add Ronan Kopp to 40-man, plus Roki's role, Kershaw's FO offer, and a quartet of injury updates

Dodgers protected left-handed reliever Ronan Kopp on their 40-man roster, leaving one open spot and confirming Roki Sasaki's return to the rotation.
fromLos Angeles Times
4 months ago

Dodger pitcher Roki Sasaki's walkout music, "Bailalo Rocky," is the Latin hit of the fall

So far this postseason, whenever Dodgers fans heard "Báilalo Rocky" ring through the loudspeakers, that meant two things were coming - pitcher Roki Sasaki was about to throw some vicious splitters in relief, and a Dodgers win was likely just a few outs away. Sasaki's walkout music has taken on a life of its own, in part because of the only-in-L.A. culture clash that has a sensational Japanese pitcher embracing a Latin club hit as he dominates the postseason.
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LA Dodgers
fromDodger Blue
4 months ago

Miguel Rojas has big plans for Roki Sasaki & "Bailalo Rocky" song

Roki Sasaki emerged as the Dodgers' new closer, delivering crucial saves and recording eight postseason innings with five baserunners and one earned run.
#shohei-ohtani
fromESPN.com
4 months ago
Major League Baseball

What if Ohtani WAS on that plane to Toronto? Inside an alternate World Series universe

fromDodger Blue
5 months ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers NLDS: Shohei Ohtani & Roki Sasaki Combined To Make MLB Postseason History In Game 1

fromESPN.com
4 months ago
Major League Baseball

What if Ohtani WAS on that plane to Toronto? Inside an alternate World Series universe

fromDodger Blue
5 months ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers NLDS: Shohei Ohtani & Roki Sasaki Combined To Make MLB Postseason History In Game 1

#dave-roberts
#dodgers
fromDodgers Nation
5 months ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers Notes: Will Smith Status Up in the Air, Roki Sasaki Makes History, Miguel Rojas Injury Update

fromDodgers Nation
5 months ago
Major League Baseball

Dodgers Notes: Will Smith Status Up in the Air, Roki Sasaki Makes History, Miguel Rojas Injury Update

#dodgers-bullpen
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fromDodgers Nation
4 months ago

Dodgers Notes: Yoshinobu Yamamoto's Historic Performance, LA Dominating NLCS, Roki Sasaki Velocity Problem

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a complete game as the Dodgers beat the Brewers 5-1 to take a 2-0 NLCS lead.
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fromDodgers Nation
4 months ago

Dodgers Trying to Figure Out Why Roki Sasaki's Velocity Dropped in NLCS Game 1

Roki Sasaki's fastball velocity dropped 1.5 mph in NLCS Game 1, prompting the Dodgers to investigate and making his use in Game 2 unlikely.
fromDodgers Nation
4 months ago

Dodgers' Dave Roberts Reveals Why He Pulled Blake Snell in 9th Inning of Game 1

I thought it was a tough one for me," Roberts said. "Hadn't been in the ninth inning, eight ups, potentially going on regular his next outing. I thought it was 50/50.
LA Dodgers
fromESPN.com
4 months ago

Who is this year's Mr. October? Tracking the playoff leaders so far

Roki Sasaki. For now, anyway. At least that's the answer through the rubric of Win Probability Added (WPA, a metric that's been around for a while now and has a lot of utility in putting numbers to the narratives that emerge as the October bracket plays out. How the Dodgers fixed Roki Sasaki After a disastrous MLB debut, L.A.'s new ninth-inning man has unleashed jaw-dropping stuff in October.Jeff Passan "
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#pitching-mechanics
fromESPN.com
5 months ago
LA Dodgers

Inside how the Dodgers fixed Roki Sasaki -- and possibly saved their World Series repeat hopes

fromESPN.com
5 months ago
LA Dodgers

Inside how the Dodgers fixed Roki Sasaki -- and possibly saved their World Series repeat hopes

fromDodgers Nation
4 months ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki First Player in MLB History to Accomplish Incredible Feat

Sasaki became the first pitcher to throw a perfect eighth, ninth and 10th inning during a series clinching victory. the 23-year-old dominated a stacked Phillies lineup, coming into the game to face MVP candidate Kyle Schwarber, former MVP Bryce Harper and All-Star Alec Bohm. He dispatched all three, and went on to retire the next six batters in a row as well.
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fromDodgers Nation
5 months ago

Blake Treinen Calls Roki Sasaki a 'Godsend' for Dodgers

Blake Treinen praised Roki Sasaki's dominant return from injury; Sasaki has been scoreless in four appearances with revived velocity and seven strikeouts.
fromDodgers Nation
5 months ago

Dodgers' Roki Sasaki Admits There Was a Chance He Didn't Return This Season

Even though he disappointed relative to preseason expectations, there was a general thought that the 23-year-old could sit out the remainder of the year while rebooting ahead of 2026. Based on what's been showcased over the last two weeks, the decision to bring Sasaki back has been a wise one. The rookie closed out Game 1 of the NLDS in front of a raucous crowd at Citizens Bank Park.
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fromDodgers Nation
5 months ago

Dodgers Notes: NLDS Starting Rotation Revealed, Clayton Kershaw Roster Status, Roki Sasaki Praise

Shohei Ohtani will start Game 1 for the Dodgers in the NLDS after five no-hit innings against the Phillies earlier this month.
Major League Baseball
fromDodgers Nation
5 months ago

Dodgers Notes: Tommy Edman Injury Update, NLDS Roster Prediction, Roki Sasaki New Closer?

Tommy Edman missed Game 2; Roki Sasaki is being considered as a postseason closer amid bullpen concerns, and Clayton Kershaw's roster status remains uncertain.
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