The 23-year-old joined Kodai Senga and YoshinobuYamamoto in the train of top Japanese right-handed starting pitchers that have crossed over from the NPB to the MLB over the past few years.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed YoshinobuYamamoto to a record-setting 12-year, $325 million contract last offseason, which represented the longest and richest deal for a pitcher in MLB history.
Sasaki could have gotten a nine-figure major league deal if he remained healthy and waited until after the 2026 season to be posted by his Japanese club and join MLB. Yoshinobu Yamamoto followed ...
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