The 23-year-old joined Kodai Senga and YoshinobuYamamoto in the train of top Japanese right-handed starting pitchers that have crossed over from the NPB to the MLB over the past few years.
Sasaki could have gotten a nine-figure major league deal if he remained healthy and waited until after the 2026 season to be posted by his Japanese club and join MLB. Yoshinobu Yamamoto followed ...
According to Jon Morosi of MLB Network, Yamamoto was instrumental ... in the midst of the courtship of Sasaki came between YoshinobuYamamoto and Roki Sasaki. … What I was told is the ability ...