Video below shows the last two in the sequence. Rōki Sasaki could just throw a Splitter every pitch. Yes, those are indeed splitters, not sliders. That offering is what makes Sasaki so unique ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Next up was 23-year-old Japanese sensation Rōki Sasaki. He was supposed to throw just two innings, but wound up going three, throwing 30 ...

A little more than a decade ago, a pitcher by the name of R.A. Dickey threw a kind of knuckleball that baseball had essentially never seen. Now Roki Sasaki might be taking it a step further.

The Los Angeles Dodgers' signing of Japanese stars Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki has set off a collecting frenzy, just in time for MLB's return to Tokyo for the 2025 season. Fans are ...

Freeman went on to explain that, while the meetings may have helped sell the Dodgers to Sasaki, they weren't intended to be recruiting pitches, at least in a traditional sense. "But it was mostly like ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — While Roki Sasaki’s pitching exploits in Japan are legendary, there is at least one person close to him who is sure the best is yet to come. For a pitcher who fired a perfect ...

Roki Sasaki looks to be near peak form ahead of his first MLB start. The Los Angeles Dodgers rookie dominated the Cleveland Guardians in his final spring training start, pitching four scoreless ...