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Japanese star Roki Sasaki now a Dodger

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Meet Roki Sasaki, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ next Japanese superstar

What do you buy for the team that has everything? That is the question that the Los Angeles Dodgers have been wrestling with this winter. The answer, it would appear, is Roki Sasaki.

'Journey just beginning': Japan's Sasaki signs with Dodgers

Roki Sasaki said he looks forward to starting his Major League Baseball career in Los Angeles after signing a deal with the Dodgers on Wednesday that will see him team up with fellow Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

The Boston Globe · 13h

Shohei Ohtani informed the Dodgers they had landed prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki

Ohtani sent a text to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman even before Sasaki’s agent informed the club.

Ichiro Suzuki ELECTED BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

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Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Japanese player to make Hall of Fame. Shohei Ohtani on track to be next

Ichiro Suzuki has become the first Japanese player to make it to baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is likely to be the next.

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

Ichiro about to get Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than a baseball star

Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in Japan) — more even than Pete Rose's 4,256. He broke George Sisler’s single-season hits mark of 257 in 2004. The new mark is 262.

Ichiro Becomes First Japanese Player Elected To MLB Hall Of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki, whose uncanny hitting talent made him a Seattle Mariners icon, became the first Japanese player elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday.

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Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players

Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...

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Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old 2-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare ...

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Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than just a baseball star

TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national ...

Japan's iconic cheer squads? You can thank college football

Two thousand fans piled into their seats at Stanford University's baseball stadium in Palo Alto, filling the grandstands and ...

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Historic Video Surfaces of Ichiro Suzuki's First-Ever Professional Home Run

Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki is set to earn election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. This ...

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Phillies add Japanese pitcher Koyo Aoyagi as a spring training nonroster invitee

Aoyagi, 31, spent nine seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, where he posted a 3.08 ERA over 898⅓ innings ...

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RHP Elvin Rodríguez signs with Brewers after spending 2024 season in Japan

Elvin Rodríguez appeared in one game with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2023 and pitched seven games with the Detroit Tigers in 2022.

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Roki Sasaki contract: How MLB rules limit Japanese ace's Dodgers deal, and why he is worth much more

Japanese ace Roki Sasaki made his free-agent decision on Friday, agreeing to join the World Series champion Los Angeles ...

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