Had Sasaki, 23, made a different decision and gone with the Yankees instead of the Dodgers, Cedeno — and some of the other top Yankee signees — likely would have ended up elsewhere, since Sasaki would have taken up most of their $6.2 million pool.

Baseball fans who grew up during the so-called "Evil Empire" days of the New York Yankees under George Steinbrenner could surely never envision a time

The 26-year-old slugger is coming off a career year with the New York Yankees, having also helped ... including Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki and slugging first baseman Pete Alonso.

Juan Soto, OF, New York Yankees (26) — signed with Mets I mean ... needy team feel confident in him headlining a rotation. Sasaki, who has been one of the most intriguing arms in Japan ...

The mighty Dodgers, that Evil Empire on the West Coast, have struck again, signing Japanese phenom Rōki Sasaki.

Sasaki's other finalists were the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers. According to The Athletic, the Blue ...

MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his fastball as a 17-year-old in 2019, part of a 194-pitch, 12-inning, 21-strikeout complete game in the national summer Koshien tournament.

The splitter is on the rise in Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers are cornering the market. Splitters were thrown more often in 2024 than in any other season of the pitch tracking era, which goes back to 2008.

225 average and .822 OPS. Required reading: Ranking the top 50 players available this winter Who will be MLB's first $1 billion player? Even after losing Juan Soto, the Yankees have gotten better

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki agreed ... and Max Fried (Yankees) -- who were all ranked in the top five of our top free agents lists -- also all signed before the new year. Some moves have happened ...

The Dodgers are the favorites to win the World Series once again in 2025. There's no team with even close to the amount of talent the Dodgers currently have. The Dodgers have added a lot of talent to an already star-studded organization, but everyone from the 2024 roster won't return.

Just Baseball's Ryan Finkelstein made a list of the top 15 free agents still available with predicted contracts and landing spots. For Flaherty, Finkelstein predicted that the 29-year-old will stay in the National League West, but with the San Francisco Giants.