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Blue Jays among 3 finalists to sign Japanese pitcher, save offseason
It's been a disaster of an offseason for the Toronto Blue Jays. However ... including Jon Heyman of the New York Post, report ...
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Tokyo Dome goes all out for epic pregame celebration, starring Pikachu!
The Tokyo Dome went dark, the lights blinking off around the stadium. Suddenly, a spotlight flashed on: A lone child stood on ...
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Roki Sasaki’s Free Agency Takes a Big Turn After a New AL West Team Emerges as the “Dark Horse”
According to MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo, “There’s one other team out west that could be a very intriguing “dark horse ... a household name in Japan, and pitchers like Hisashi Iwakuma ...
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Roki Sasaki says he wants to play in MLB but Japanese pitcher won't say when that might be
Pitcher Roki Sasaki is the next big thing out of Japanese baseball. It's just not clear when he will make it to Major League Baseball. The 22-year-old Sasaki just signed a contract for the coming ...
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Meet the Japanese company that irked MLB execs during the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes
The coveted pitcher ... Toronto Blue Jays, were prepared to offer more. But Sasaki chose to join a team that already featured Yamamoto and three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani, the biggest Japanese ...
Cubs Pitcher Thrilled to Be in Japan for Tokyo Series
All anyone in the MLB world can discuss is the 2025 Tokyo Series, including a Cubs pitcher who grew up in Washington state ...
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Mets pitcher from Japan says team needs to 'build a roof' if it wants more Japanese stars
More recently, Roki Sasaki also chose the Dodgers despite the Toronto Blue ... 15 Japanese-born players on major league rosters, and the most recent to make his MLB debut was Chicago Cubs pitcher ...
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MLB/ Investigation to ensure no early Sasaki deal in place, pitcher likely to pick team mid-January
DALLAS--Major League Baseball investigated to ensure no team had an advance deal in place for Roki Sasaki, and the agent for the Japanese pitcher said picking a club will be “like the draft in ...