All eyes on Roki Sasaki now, plus the Diamondbacks get serious
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Roki Sasaki Makes One Special Request to Teams Before He Begins Meetings With Them
On Monday evening, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported that Sasaki has a special request for the teams he's meeting with: ...
Roki Sasaki might visit 1 or 2 teams before deciding which club he wants to sign with
Prized Japanese free agent Roki Sasaki may visit one or two teams before deciding which club he wants to sign with.
The Cincinnati Enquirer22d
Why Cincinnati Reds might be realistic bidders for Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki
DALLAS – For all the talk about big-market teams and the West Coast, don’t sleep on the Cincinnati Reds as realistic players for rising Japanese pitching star Roki Sasaki. The Reds are a long ...
Mets are 'Still in on' Japanese Free Agent Ace Roki Sasaki
The New York Mets may not be done making big-time free agency moves this offseason. MLB insider Jim Bowden listed the Mets as a team 'still in' on signing Japa ...
CNN17d
Meet Roki Sasaki, MLB’s next free agent superstar
Enter Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old star who has torn it up in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and is ready to make the journey across the Pacific. With the news that his team, the Chiba Lotte ...
New York Post22d
Where Mets stand in hunt for free-agent Japanese star Roki Sasaki
DALLAS — Roki Sasaki’s free agency is set to accelerate next week, with the Japanese pitching star expected to begin convening in the U.S. with interested teams, his agent said Tuesday at the ...
Bleacher Report18d
Ranking Japanese Ace Roki Sasaki's Top 10 MLB Landing Spots After Posting News
His name is Roki Sasaki, and he could change everything for whichever team signs him. There had been a "Will They or Won't They" thing going on with whether the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan would ...
New York Post25d
Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki expected to be posted at Winter Meetings
Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki is expected to be posted during the meetings this week, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed Saturday, which will open a 45-day window in which clubs try to recruit him ...
Los Angeles Times22d
Column: Roki Sasaki and Shohei Ohtani together on the Dodgers? It depends on what Sasaki wants
Roki Sasaki already knows if he wants to pitch for the Dodgers. This is purely speculation on my part, but based on what his agent said about him this week at baseball’s winter meetings ...
The New York Times23d
Padres express optimism about Roki Sasaki, who could be key to staying competitive
Only hours before he spoke, the Chiba Lotte Marines officially posted Japanese ace Roki Sasaki, who now has until Jan. 23 to settle on a stateside destination. As a young player who accrued fewer ...
Forbes26d
Roki Sasaki Will Be Posted To MLB Soon, And The Timing Is Important
The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are about to begin. According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the 23-year-old fireballer from Japan will be posted for MLB teams during the Winter Meetings this week.