Roki Sasaki was always fated to become one of MLB's darlings, no matter who he signed with out of his ultra-competitive free agency, but that was only heightened when he chose the Dodgers. Even Dodgers fans have to admit that the team gets sometimes ridiculously outsized attention from the league, and MLB does very little to hide their favoritism.
The hype for Sasaki has resulted in an eagle-eyed view of his rehab assignment, whereas most others pass by completely unaddressed, unless something particularly awesome or terrible happens. So far, Sasaki's rehab assignment has given fans more cause for concern than celebration, but his struggles are sort of getting looked over in favor of highlighting the baseline fact that he's on his way back to the majors.