The Future is Now: Dodgers Predicted to Land 23-Year Old Superstar
The Los Angeles Dodgers clearly want to give themselves the best chance possible to make another trip to the World Series in 2025.
Los Angeles has been busy this offseason so far and already has added a big piece to the rotation in Blake Snell, but could another one be on the way? Rōki Sasaki is available and will land with a Major League Baseball team after spending four seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines.
The 23-year-old phenom should be pursued by every Major League Baseball team, he’s that good of a pitching prospect. The two teams that have been linked to him the most, though have been the Dodgers and San Diego Padres.
It’s too early to know where he will land, but Sportsnaut’s Matt Johnson predicted he ultimately will end up with the Dodgers.
“Roki Sasaki to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a while, there were even reports back in the spring that a majority of MLB teams expected the Japanese pitcher to sign with Los Angeles,” Johnson said. “After officially being posted at the start of the MLB Winter Meetings, the Dodgers’ window to sign Sasaki is now open. Just 23 years old, the Dodgers’ pitching depth will allow the club to ease Sasaki into action after an injury-plagued 2024 season.
“He would also join a pitching staff with fellow countrymen Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, with Los Angeles offering marketing opportunities that can far exceed anything Sasaki will make on a contract restricted by international free-agency rules for players under 25. This has always felt inevitable and Sasaki will presumably sign with the Dodgers in January.”
This is just a hypothetical prediction, but it would be great for Los Angeles if it comes true.
