The Los Angeles Dodgers won the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes this past offseason for many reasons, but perhaps most notably was the ‘unspecified homework assignment’ decoding why Sasaki’s fastball velocity had dropped a season prior in Nippon Professional Baseball.
In an almost ironic twist, one of his major issues during his rookie year with L.A. has been his fastball velocity dipping.
More news: Dodgers’ Tommy Edman Calls Trade to LA a ‘True Blessing’
During Sasaki’s professional career in Japan, he dominated the strike zone with a 5.74 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a 2.