Los Angeles Dodgers rookie starter-turned-relief-pitcher Roki Sasaki revealed the backstory of how his walk-out song came to be.
The song “Bailalo Rocky” echos through Dodger Stadium as Sasaki trots out of the pen, but the young right-hander revealed that he wasn’t the one who chose the song, despite it exclaiming the name “Rocky” which sounds very similar to Roki.
“That was actually MiggyRo (Miguel Rojas)’s idea,” Sasaki said last week. “I’m really happy the fans are enjoying it.”
After Sasaki’s initial struggles in MLB, posting a 4.72 ERA across his first eight starts, it has been night and day for him in his transition to the bullpen.