For some teams in Major League Baseball, the chase for Roki Sasaki could not be measured in mere months. It lasted for years. One of those teams, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, concluded that pursuit on Friday night by landing the star pitcher from Japan.

The 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 mph will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

The Dodgers beat out basically all of MLB for Sasaki, who met with several teams to evaluate what they could bring to the table beyond money. The Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays were reported to be the finalists, with the Dodgers and Padres seen as the co-favorites for most of the process.

The Los Angeles Dodgers officially landed top free agent ace Roki Sasaki on Friday. After weeks of deliberation, the 23-year-old Japanese fireballer did what e

Following the World Series triumph in October last year, the Los Angeles Dodgers upgraded the rotation by signing two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell in the offseason.

After much speculation, the hard-throwing Japanese pitcher posts his decision on Instagram, choosing to play with countrymen Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Los Angeles.

Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers came into the offseason with an already very strong starting rotation. They had Shohei Ohtani, who will return from Tommy John surgery, Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. They added Blake Snell in November.

The expectation this winter was that the Los Angeles Dodgers were going to land international free agent Roki Sasaki. While the Dodgers were named finalists, th

Deep down, all MLB fans knew that this could happen. Roki Sasaki, a 23-year-old phenom pitcher out of Japan, was making the jump to the majors. The thing was, m

Rōki Sasaki, the 23-year-old phenom from Japan whose services for the next six seasons could be procured by every Major League Baseball franchise for the equivalent of a rounding error, ended his six-week recruiting period by agreeing to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, he announced in a social media post.