The Dodgers pull off another big win in free agency, signing Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki to bolster their already formidable starting pitching staff.

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, the hottest international free agent in baseball, is headed to the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced on social media Friday. The 23-year-old right-hander said he signed a minor-league deal. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

As most of the MLB world anticipated, free agent superstar Roki Sasaki is signing with the Dodgers, despite the Blue Jays being rumored.

With the international signing period underway, all eyes are on superstar Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, who is expected to sign with a Major League team prior to Jan. 23, when his posting window is scheduled to close.

The Phillies have invited an additional player to attend major league spring training as a non-roster invitee: Koyo Aoyagi, RHP – Aoyagi, 31, is a veteran of nine seasons (2016-24) in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league where he was a three-time All-Star (2019,

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed to a minor league contract with the Athletics that includes a signing bonus of $1,

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

Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki is signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced Friday on Instagram. Sasaki, 23, was considered to be the best pitcher in the world not already under the employment of an MLB organization.

The Milwaukee Brewers announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Elvin Rodriguez, who spent all of last season pitching in Japan with the Yakult Swallows, to a big-league contract Friday. Rodriguez signed a one-year deal with a club option for 2026 with Milwaukee.

The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes has come to an end. Sasaki announced on Instagram that he will be joining the Dodgers, becoming the latest Japanese star to sign in Los Angeles. As Sasaki is just 23 years old,

The 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 mph will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.