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1 day agoDodgers' Dave Roberts Makes Roki Sasaki Decision For Opening Day
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts maintains confidence in Roki Sasaki despite a rough spring training outing where he struggled with control and pitch location before improving in the second inning.
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1 day agoDodgers' Roki Sasaki struggles early in second Cactus League start, then settles down
Roki Sasaki struggled early with command and gave up a grand slam, but recovered in later innings by adjusting his upper-body mechanics and retired six consecutive batters.
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2 days agoDodgers' Roki Sasaki Looking for Bounce-Back Second Spring Training Start After Rough Debut
Roki Sasaki makes his second Spring Training start against Cleveland after a poor debut, needing to improve pitch mixing and fastball command while adjusting to MLB competition.
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2 days agoDodgers' Roki Sasaki Looking for Bounce-Back Second Spring Training Start After Rough Debut
Roki Sasaki makes his second Spring Training start against Cleveland after a poor debut, needing to improve pitch mixing and fastball command while adjusting to MLB competition.
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21 hours agoDodgers' Opening Day Starting Rotation Outlook After Latest Injuries
The Dodgers face uncertainty in their 2026 Opening Day rotation with Snell and Stone sidelined, leaving multiple spots open and creating competition among pitchers including the struggling Roki Sasaki.
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1 day agoDave Roberts: Dodgers Want Roki Sasaki To Focus On Commanding Fastball
Roki Sasaki struggled in his first Cactus League start, allowing three runs over 1.1 innings with command issues, though the Dodgers remain focused on his fastball development for the regular season.
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1 day agoDave Roberts: Dodgers Want Roki Sasaki To Focus On Commanding Fastball
Roki Sasaki struggled in his first Cactus League start, allowing three runs over 1.1 innings with command issues, though the Dodgers remain focused on his fastball development for the regular season.
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1 month agoDodgers Decided Against Roki Sasaki Pitching In 2026 World Baseball Classic
"I didn't have a conversation, per se, with the team," Sasaki said through his interpreter at DodgerFest. "It was really up to the team. You know, it was really the team that decided. But for me, my mentality is it's going to be a lot of competition to earn the spot in the rotation, so that's my mindset going into Spring Training."
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3 months agoDodgers Notes: GM Talks Starting Rotation, Hyeseong Kim Pitches 3 Shutout Innings, Bellinger Update
The Dodgers may keep a six-man rotation in 2026 with Roki Sasaki returning, Hyeseong Kim competing, and pursuit of a left fielder like Cody Bellinger.
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3 months agoDodgers add Ronan Kopp to 40-man, plus Roki's role, Kershaw's FO offer, and a quartet of injury updates
Dodgers protected left-handed reliever Ronan Kopp on their 40-man roster, leaving one open spot and confirming Roki Sasaki's return to the rotation.
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4 months agoDodger pitcher Roki Sasaki's walkout music, "Bailalo Rocky," is the Latin hit of the fall
So far this postseason, whenever Dodgers fans heard "Báilalo Rocky" ring through the loudspeakers, that meant two things were coming - pitcher Roki Sasaki was about to throw some vicious splitters in relief, and a Dodgers win was likely just a few outs away. Sasaki's walkout music has taken on a life of its own, in part because of the only-in-L.A. culture clash that has a sensational Japanese pitcher embracing a Latin club hit as he dominates the postseason.
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4 months agoWho is this year's Mr. October? Tracking the playoff leaders so far
Roki Sasaki. For now, anyway. At least that's the answer through the rubric of Win Probability Added (WPA, a metric that's been around for a while now and has a lot of utility in putting numbers to the narratives that emerge as the October bracket plays out. How the Dodgers fixed Roki Sasaki After a disastrous MLB debut, L.A.'s new ninth-inning man has unleashed jaw-dropping stuff in October.Jeff Passan "
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4 months agoDodgers' Roki Sasaki First Player in MLB History to Accomplish Incredible Feat
Sasaki became the first pitcher to throw a perfect eighth, ninth and 10th inning during a series clinching victory. the 23-year-old dominated a stacked Phillies lineup, coming into the game to face MVP candidate Kyle Schwarber, former MVP Bryce Harper and All-Star Alec Bohm. He dispatched all three, and went on to retire the next six batters in a row as well.
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4 months agoDodgers' Roki Sasaki Admits There Was a Chance He Didn't Return This Season
Even though he disappointed relative to preseason expectations, there was a general thought that the 23-year-old could sit out the remainder of the year while rebooting ahead of 2026. Based on what's been showcased over the last two weeks, the decision to bring Sasaki back has been a wise one. The rookie closed out Game 1 of the NLDS in front of a raucous crowd at Citizens Bank Park.
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