The "Monster of the Reiwa Era" is looking more like a rookie in distress these days. The post Roki Sasaki’s Mounting Struggles Could Find a Turning Point With Shohei Ohtani as Top MLB Analyst Offers ...

Rather than distance himself from his painful memories in Rikuzentakata, Roki Sasaki has taken a proactive approach to preserve his more pleasant recollections of his upbringing.

LOS ANGELES — Roki Sasaki is a bundle of talent. His mechanics are a visually dazzling cluster of long limbs and he is a very unfinished product at this point. The experience of watching him ...

TOKYO — They call him the “Monster of the Reiwa Era” here in his native Japan, but years ago this was a scene that Roki Sasaki could not have ever envisioned. Not after the tragedy that ...

Roki Sasaki is set to make his long-awaited Dodgers ... and is not subject to foreign professional standards–and the “Monster of the Reiwa Era” has long captivated fans and scouts alike ...

Dodgers pitchers Roki Sasaki, left, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto wave ... He earned the nickname “Reiwa no Kaibutsu,” or “Monster of the Reiwa Era,” signaling the widespread belief that he ...

Wednesday's game occasioned the MLB debut of right-hander Roki Sasaki, the latest sensation to make the jump from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball to MLB. The flamethrowing 23-year-old opened ...

or even Roki Sasaki’s major league debut. March 19, 2025 There also was wildly inconsistent command — leading him to walk five of the 14 batters he faced and miss the zone on well more than ...

If you want to know why teams were so intrigued by Roki Sasaki's potential ... The Dodgers, after more than six years coveting the "Monster of the Reiwa Era" and winning a World Series, did.

Roki Sasaki brought the heat. He just didn’t have the command. The 23-year-old Japanese phenom and newest Dodgers star hit 101 mph but lasted just three innings in his MLB debut Wednesday in a 6 ...

Roki Sasaki made his highly anticipated debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, and many people were surprised by how hard the right-hander throws. Sasaki pitched three innings against ...

Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki pitched a scoreless first inning but ran into trouble in his last two innings of work. More photos (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) It lasted just three innings.