MLB’s 2025 international signing period opened, an annual date of significance in which top international amateur players can ...

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Roki Sasaki apparently does not want any A-listers to get involved in his MLB recruitment. Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported Monday that the Japanese star pitcher Sasaki has made an unusual ...

The Roki Sasaki chase was always expected to take awhile – heck, the international signing period does not start until Jan. 15. Sasaki is a 23-year-old starting pitcher who could instantly ...

The New York Yankees may be long shots to land Roki Sasaki, but they're reportedly still in the running. With the deadline to sign approaching (Jan. 15), the 23-year-old Japanese phenom is ...

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Even with Soto no longer available, there are plenty of other top-tier free agents, including Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki and slugging first baseman Pete Alonso. RELATED: 2025 MLB free-agent ...

He said 20 teams submitted information, which ranged from PowerPoint presentations and short films to books about how they could help Sasaki reach his potential. "It was like a Roki film festival ...

some teams made actual books. ... They had people that clearly spent hundreds of hours researching Roki and his personal background, his professional background.” Each team Sasaki met with was ...

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Sasaki’s status as an international amateur means he is unable to sign officially until the 2025 window for such players opens Jan. 15. It also means a much wider array of teams was involved in ...

Sasaki, who has been one of the most intriguing arms in Japan dating back to his high school days, saw his stuff take a slight step back this year as he dealt with injuries. Durability is his ...