When the Los Angeles Dodgers were one of many teams around the league hoping to land international phenom Roki Sasaki this offseason, fastball velocity was a major point of conversation.
In fact, it was the subject of a homework assignment that Sasaki and his agent gave teams to see how they would analyze and communicate information with the young pitcher.
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Sasaki is coming off a personal MLB-high 98-pitch performance in his first win in a Dodgers uniform, but his usual triple-digit fastball was averaging 94.