#roki-sasaki

#roki-sasaki

Sasaki started his outing with a walk and then allowed a stolen base and single that put the Albuquerque Isotopes up 1-0. Another stolen base and sacrifice fly led to another run scoring.

"I think that's fair," Roberts began. "Being thrust here into this environment certainly was a big undertaking for him. And then you layer in the health part of it..."

Roki Sasaki is targeting a return in late June from what the team described as a shoulder impingement, but the rookie never looked entirely comfortable before he went down, so who knows what he will offer them when he comes back.

Dave Roberts emphasized that the pairing of Roki Sasaki and Austin Barnes is not exclusive, expressing a commitment to utilizing all catchers in a rotational strategy.