Baseball fans at least know one team Japanese star Rōki Sasaki won't be signing with this offseason. San Francisco Giants general manager Zack Minasian

Giants officials have believed for over a year that Roki Sasaki would end up in Los Angeles. On Friday, one of the best right-handed pitching prospects in the world made it official. Sasaki announced on his personal Instagram page that he has signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. A 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 mph, Sasaki will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in a move many baseball executives have long expected.

The New York Yankees have reportedly been informed that star Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki will not be signing with them this offseason, per Jack Curry of

The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are rounding third base. The Japanese phenom has reportedly narrowed down his list of teams to three -- the Dodgers, Padres and Blue Jays, according to an ESPN report -- and will be making his decision in the coming days,

With just two days before the window to sign him opens, the field for star Japanese right-hander Rōki Sasaki has narrowed.

The Giants will not sign Japanese free-agent pitcher Roki Sasaki, but it wasn't for a lack of trying. San Francisco's general manager, Zack Minasian, revealed on a Zoom call with president of ...

A Los Angeles Dodger-turned-free agent pulled off a strong bounce-back season in 2024, and now he might be joining the San Francisco Giants.

With just two days before the window to sign him opens, the field for star Japanese right-hander Rōki Sasaki has narrowed ... up steam Monday when San Francisco Giants general manager Zack ...

So now what? Roki Sasaki was the Padres' Plan A this winter. They hoped desperately to woo the ace Japanese right-hander as an anchor of their starting rotation for years to come. They made that much known from the moment he was posted last month.

With ownership turmoil and no offseason additions, the Padres must figure out how to contend without the Japanese phenom they coveted.