The announcement on Saturday that Roki Sasaki would be posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines sparked excitement and stirred the Major League Baseball pot, as teams

Pitcher Roki Sasaki is the next star to make the jump from Japan to Major League Baseball. With Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto starring for the champion Los Angeles Dodgers, smart money is on Sasaki heading to Hollywood.

As Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki is expected to make the jump from Nippon Professional Baseball to stateside baseball, the San Diego Padres may have an edge over

Roki Sasaki is coming to the United States, the Marines planning to post him this offseason. This, of course, leads to instant belief that he is Los Angeles-bound, the Dodgers the lead horse in whatever race there ends up being for Sasaki’s services.