Sasaki fever truly reached the US the following year when he was part of Samurai Japan’s 2023 World Baseball Classic win, alongside Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
It flummoxes batters,” Jason Coskrey, Japanese baseball writer for The Japan Times, told CNN Sport.
According to his agent, Joel Wolfe, more than half of MLB teams have scouted Sasaki in the last year.
“He was a big mentor to them during the World Baseball Classic.
But, as arguably the biggest talent to come out of Japan since Ohtani, you will soon be seeing a lot more of Roki Sasaki.
Persons:
Soto’s, Roki Sasaki, Sasaki, Chiba, Corbin Burnes, Tom Seaver, Aaron Nola, Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, “, ” Jason Coskrey, “ He’s, he’s, ” Sasaki’s, Hideo Nomo, ”, Masato Yoshii, James Dykstra, I’ve, Koji Watanabe, Yamamoto, “ He’d, “ Sasaki, Joel Wolfe, Andrew Friedman, “ We’re, Mike Shildt, Padre, Yu Darvish, Coskrey
Organizations:
CNN, New York Mets, MLB, Nippon Professional Baseball, Chiba Lotte Marines, Orix Buffaloes, Kyocera Dome Osaka, Asahi Shimbun, The Japan Times, CNN Sport, White Sox, Vantelin, Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani, Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodgers, ” Dodgers, San Diego Padres, MLB Network Radio, Padres, New York Yankees, Mets, Boston Red Sox
Locations:
Nagoya, Japan