The splitter is on the rise in Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers are cornering the market. Splitters were thrown more often in 2024 than in any other season of the pitch tracking era, which goes back to 2008.
Mookie Betts: Shohei Ohtani & Yoshinobu Yamamoto Will Help Roki Sasaki Adjust To MLB
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Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Had Special Dinner With Roki Sasaki to Recruit Him to Dodgers
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Roki Sasaki's surprising revelation about Ohtani and Yamamoto's key role in his Dodgers decision
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What Makes Shohei Ohtani Great, Insight From Dodgers GM Answers, Not Just the “the Dedication…”In baseball, few players have gained the attention of fans quite like Shohei Ohtani. The post What Makes Shohei Ohtani Great, Insight From Dodgers GM Answers, Not Just the “the Dedication…” appeared first on EssentiallySports.
The Los Angeles Dodgers had a secret weapon in their meetings with Japanse phenom Roki Sasaki. More news: Dodgers' Miguel Rojas Makes Big Announcement Followi
He'll join Ohtani and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the Dodgers. “Roki is really, really soft spoken,” Betts said. “You can tell that he’ll love being around Yoshi (Yamamoto) and Shohei.
The Los Angeles Dodgers ran the gauntlet and won the World Series in 2024, all with Shohei Ohtani ... five-man rotation without Ohtani. Snell, Sasaki, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, maybe ...
Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, crediting the team's stable front office for his decision more than the presence of fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Wearing the No. 11 jersey, Sasaki hopes to perform excellently.
MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his fastball as a 17-year-old in 2019, part of a 194-pitch, 12-inning, 21-strikeout complete game in the national summer Koshien tournament.
Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts acknowledges challenges in competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for top Japanese talent.
Seven-time NL MVP and MLB legend Barry Bonds recently attended the 100th New York Baseball Writers Dinner, where the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) gives out its yearly awards. The event honored Bonds’ godfather,
When Roki Sasaki announced he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black reacted just liike the rest of us.
We kept one part of MLB's superteam in L.A. -- and moved the rest to Brooklyn. Would the Los Angeles Dodgers and Brooklyn Trolleys BOTH rule baseball?
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