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It's hard to imagine Japanese ace Roki Sasaki wanting to come to the Red Sox based on their recent track record, writes John ...
The MLB offseason changed dramatically Saturday with the announcement by the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Pro Baseball that ...
Roki Sasaki has MLB free agency buzzing even more so than they already were with Juan Soto on the market this offseason. The 23-year-old Japanese pitcher is set ...
Roki Sasaki is the next Japanese superstar ready to make his presence known in the MLB next season, and all 30 teams in the ...
While he’s a favorite to go to the Dodgers, the Red Sox have a decent chance of getting him. With historic pitchers like ...
Samson used examples of players such as Ichiro with the Seattle Mariners and Daisuke Matsuzaka with the Boston Red Sox as Japanese players who were able to secure lucrative endorsement deals with ...
Roki Sasaki started his career in Nippon Professional Baseball in 2021. He joined the Chiba Lotte Marines as a pitcher and played for them for four seasons, recording a 2:35 ERA along with 129 ...
In 2007, the Boston Red Sox rode the pitching prowess of Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima to beat the Colorado Rockies. (Kazuo Matsui played for the Rockies that year, too.) In 2013 ...
High school Ohtani also had his sights set on things like throwing a no-hitter (and then a second one a few years later), setting the single-season wins record by a Japanese pitcher (18 by Daisuke ...
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto watch during the sixth inning in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets, on Oct. 20, 2024, in ...
Boston Red Sox The Red Sox have been a popular destination for Japanese players, from Daisuke Matsuzaka to Yoshida, and they certainly could use another pitcher. Boston scored 751 runs last season ...