A.J. Preller’s pursuit of Roki Sasaki, the standout prize of this offseason, may have unofficially started in the middle of the summer. On June 6, Padres pitcher Yu Darvish was placed on the ...

And yet that's exactly what we got last week, when Japan's Chiba Lotte Marines announced that they had decided to make 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki available to sign with an MLB team.

And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. NEW YORK -- Last week in this newsletter, we relayed David Stearns’ comments from the GM Meetings about Roki Sasaki. At the time, Stearns’ ...

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 started envisioning their chances to ...

The Chiba Lotte Marines announced that they are posting top pitching prospect Roki Sasaki on Friday night, meaning that Sasaki will soon be able to sign with an MLB team. If Sasaki is officially ...

CHIBA, Japan — Japanese ace Roki Sasaki will be available to Major League Baseball teams this offseason. The Chiba Lotte Marines announced Saturday they have chosen to start the process of ...

SAN ANTONIO — Roki Sasaki is potentially this winter’s big Japanese pitching prize, and the Mets have begun their recruitment. The team’s president of baseball operations, David Stearns ...

Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes and Alex Bregman are the biggest names of the MLB offseason, but perhaps the most interesting is Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old Japanese flamethrower who might or might not ...

One of the biggest questions heading into the offseason is whether or not 22-year-old star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki will leave Japan to join Major League Baseball. However, because of his age ...