Roki Sasaki Plans on Adding Another Pitch This Year With Dodgers

Roki Sasaki’s journey to stateside baseball was unique for several reasons, but perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the 23-year-old’s free agency process was how he selected a team.

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Whether a team had Japanese players was of no importance to Sasaki. Whether a team had any championship titles was of little importance to Sasaki. Instead, the main priority for Sasaki was choosing an organization that had a reputation for strong pitching development.

At Sasaki’s introductory press conference, he explained why the Los Angeles Dodgers emerged as his final choice.

“I spent the past month both embracing and reflecting…