With all the pitching injuries that the Los Angeles Dodgers have dealt with this season, right-hander Roki Sasaki might just be among the most disappointing.
Sasaki led a 20-team sweepstakes upon making the jump to MLB this past offseason, and given his 2.10 ERA across four seasons in Japan, plus, being just 23 years old, there was immense excitement surrounding the new piece of the Dodgers rotation.
Sasaki showed early, unsurprising, struggles, but with a noticable drop in his velocity and a 4.72 ERA across his first eight starts, the right-hander hit the injured list with a shoulder impingement.