The Los Angeles Dodgers received their eighth World Sequence title in 2024, and their offseason seems to indicate that they’re set on profitable their ninth in 2025.
Whereas the Dodgers’ pitching workers was already elite, they acquired three pitchers to enhance much more.
They added beginning pitcher Blake Snell from the San Francisco Giants, aid pitcher Tanner Scott from the San Diego Padres, and beginning pitcher Roki Sasaki from Japan.
Sasaki joins Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto because the third Japanese pitcher on the Dodgers’ workers.
MLB insider Dylan Hernandez lately in contrast Sasaki and Ohtani to a legendary NBA duo.
“He’s going to kinda be like Scottie Pippen to Michael Jordan,” Hernandez mentioned, by way of Foul Territory.
Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki are going to succeed in unbelievable heights collectively. pic.twitter.com/LrQPHvLkdh
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) January 21, 2025
Jordan is extensively regarded as the very best basketball participant ever, and Pippen was his finest teammate in the course of the Chicago Bulls dynasty.
Ohtani is starting to see the identical consideration within the baseball world as his on-field dominance lastly resulted in a championship.
Sasaki is 23 years previous and has by no means thrown a pitch in MLB, however he’s anticipated to be nice.
In 2024, Sasaki appeared in 18 video games and was 10-5 with a 2.35 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 111.0 innings pitched.
If Sasaki lives as much as the hype, the Dodgers’ rotation may very well be untouchable as they attempt to defend their title.
