Roki Sasaki Locked Into Dodgers Opening Day Rotation

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a couple of open spots in their rotation due to injury, and Roki Sasaki is expected to be one of the pitchers filling the void.

However, his performance in Cactus League games has left many questions about his ability to move past his struggles as a starter last season.

The command of his fastball has remained his biggest weakness despite the work he’s put in to fix it. The mechanical adjustments he made in practice have not yet translated to his starts.

Nevertheless, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Sasaki’s spot in the rotation is pretty much set in stone, according to Jack Vita of the L.A. Times:

“Having Blake [Snell] late to the season, which we know,…