#roki-sasaki

#roki-sasaki

Roki Sasaki's struggles continued during the fourth start of his rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City as the right-hander tries to work his way back to the Los Angeles Dodgers rotation. Saaki allowed four runs over five innings, giving up three hits, walking two, hitting one batter and striking out just two. Included in the outing was a pair of home runs in the first inning, putting the Comets in an early 4-0 deficit.

"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.