The San Diego Padres have shown interest in Japanese pitching talent Roki Sasaki and could leverage the guidance of Yu Darvish to woo him over to their team. Darvish is not just a leader for ...

Roki Sasaki’s dazzling debut in the World Baseball Classic came on a day that he doesn’t talk much about. Twelve years ago on March 11, Sasaki’s father and grandparents were killed in the ...

Roki Sasaki has an arm that was gifted to him from the heavens. That was never in question. Whether Sasaki becomes the best pitcher in baseball, or even just a mainstay in the Dodgers rotation ...

LOS ANGELES — Roki Sasaki is a bundle of talent. His mechanics are a visually dazzling cluster of long limbs and he is a very unfinished product at this point. The experience of watching him ...

Roki Sasaki did not have the home debut he was probably hoping for Saturday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. Sasaki threw just 61 pitches across 1.2 innings against the Detroit Tigers ...

Roki Sasaki had a disappointing home debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night, and the young pitcher did not seem to take it lightly. Sasaki allowed 2 earned runs and 3 hits in 1 2/3 ...

LOS ANGELES — Roki Sasaki's career with the Los Angeles Dodgers is not off to a sensational start. For a young pitcher who's been a dominant force at every other step in his meteoric baseball ...

Roki Sasaki had a rough start against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. It took him 61 pitches in 1.2 innings to give up two earned runs, three hits and four walks. Not great. But Los Angeles ...

PHILADELPHIA — The Dodgers, as manager Dave Roberts had said repeatedly when asked about Roki Sasaki over the season’s first few weeks, knew what they signed up for. Long before his arrival ...

No one said Roki Sasaki's transition to Major League Baseball would be easy. In his second big-league start, and his first at Dodger Stadium, Sasaki walked four batters and allowed two runs ...

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts removes pitcher Roki Sasaki from the game in the second inning of a 7-3 win over the Detroit Tigers at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles ...

Again, we have full confidence in Roki. He’ll settle in. He’ll start pitching better. He’ll start dominating soon. It’ll be really good for us.” Sasaki issued two more walks in the ...