With just two days before the window to sign him opens, the field for star Japanese right-hander Rōki Sasaki has narrowed.

Baseball fans at least know one team Japanese star Rōki Sasaki won't be signing with this offseason. San Francisco Giants general manager Zack Minasian

Sasaki, nicknamed in Japan as "the Monster of the Reiwa Era," struck out 11 batters in 7 and ⅔ innings with a 3.52 ERA during the 2023 WBC. In Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, he struck out 129 hitters in 111 regular-season innings for the Marines in the 2024 season.

The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are winding down, with finalists emerging and teams being informed that they're out of the running.

We’ve known for a very long time that the San Francisco Giants were highly unlikely to sign Rōki Sasaki, but we all held on to a very tiny glimmer of hope. Now that hope has shifted. We are no longer hoping that Sasaki will sign with the Giants,

With just two days before the window to sign him opens, the field for star Japanese right-hander Rōki ... been informed Sasaki will not sign with them; recent signee Justin Verlander gives ...

The New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants have been informed Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki won't be signing with them. Giants general manager Zack Minasian announced during a ...

The prized righty pitcher was one of the most sought-after international free agents in recent memory and picked the Dodgers over a considerable list of other suitors.

Young Japanese flamethrower Roki Sasaki said on Instagram that he's signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving the defending World Series champions even more star power entering 2025.

Bob Uecker and Marty Brennaman were longtime friends and broadcasting legends who won Ford Frick awards from the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was an announcer and media celebrity, but Bob Uecker might have gained more notoriety than anything else as a beer pitchman in Miller Lite commercials.

Buster Posey and Randy Winn have both alluded to wanting players to stay at a level for a full year, which is certainly a massive shit from what we saw in the final years of Farhan Zaidi’s tenure. But will that actually be the case?

A Los Angeles Dodger-turned-free agent pulled off a strong bounce-back season in 2024, and now he might be joining the San Francisco Giants.