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1 week, 1 day ago

Roki Sasaki: Meet MLB’s next free agent superstar

CNN

CNN — The ink is barely dry on Juan Soto’s record-breaking contract with the New York Mets, but already MLB franchises are again looking for a shiny new toy. Sasaki’s career stats make for even better reading, with the so-called “Monster of the Reiwa Era” recording an ERA of just 2.02, picking up 524 strikeouts in 414 2/3 innings. Sasaki …

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3 weeks ago

How Yu Darvish could recruit Roki Sasaki for the Padres

New York Times

As spring training opened in February, Yu Darvish expressed both disappointment and understanding regarding a pair of blockbuster additions to the National League West. “Frankly speaking, it would have been nice if they came here, if they were my teammates,” Darvish said from the Padres’ complex in Peoria, Ariz. “But I’m happy for them. Pitching phenom Roki Sasaki will be …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Roki Sasaki’s contract situation, signing process and suitors, explained

New York Times

The first bombshell of Major League Baseball’s offseason landed Saturday when the Chiba Lotte Marines announced 23-year-old pitching phenom Roki Sasaki will be able to sign with an MLB club this winter. When The Washington Post’s Chelsea Janes visited Japan earlier this year, Chiba Lotte outfielder and former Pittsburgh Pirates top prospect Gregory Polanco said of Sasaki, “He asks me …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers Dugout: You didn’t think it was going to be easy, did you?

LA Times

Landon Knack reacts after giving up a grand slam to Mark Vientos in the second inning of Game 2. —Besides “teeter totter,” John Smoltz‘s other favorite phrase is “easier said than done, I know.” —I don’t know how Freddie Freeman is doing it. He’s got to continue to manage his hitting zone, regardless of who’s pitching.” Clayton Kershaw will pitch …

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2 months, 1 week ago

‘He’s going to reset.’ Shohei Ohtani trying to rectify ‘bad habits’ amid playoff struggles

LA Times

Shohei Ohtani yells back while headed to first on a walk during the seventh inning of Game 2 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium. Asked about all this Tuesday, during an off-day ahead of the New York swing of the best-of-seven championship series, Roberts pointed back to Ohtani’s struggles against Darvish — and the bad habits, like chasing pitches out …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers vs. Padres: Ready for a Shohei Ohtani-Yu Darvish duel in Game 5?

LA Times

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish delivers against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLDS on Sunday. Except for the three months he actually played for the team in 2017, Yu Darvish, the Padres’ starter for Game 5, has spent most of his major league career tormenting the Dodgers. Dodgers Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start winner-take-all NLDS Game 5 for …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers Dugout: Dodgers-Padres Game 5 is what postseason baseball is all about

LA Times

Gavin Lux celebrates with Mookie Betts after Lux’s two-run homer in the seventh inning of Game 4. Game 4 —Some of you wondered, so I asked Jack Harris, who was kind enough to answer: When the Dodgers play at Petco Park, some players drive themselves down to San Diego, others take one of the Dodgers’ luxury buses. Friday: San Diego …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers vanquish recent postseason frustrations in NLDS Game 5 win over Padres

LA Times

Blake Treinen threw his hands in the sky. Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen, center, celebrates with teammates after the team’s NLDS Game 5 win over the Padres at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. After Darvish retired 14 consecutive batters following Hernández’s homer, extending his success against his former Dodgers team — he has a career 2.27 earned-run average against them in …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hernández: Don't overthink it, Dodgers. Game 5 should be a bullpen game

LA Times

This worked, and nothing else has. For the Dodgers, the deciding game of their National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres on Friday should be a bullpen game. Bullpen games aren’t a sustainable remedy for their starting-pitching problems, as the relievers would be quickly spent if eight of them pitched in every game. “We’ve said it all year: …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

With their season on the line, the Padres will turn to steadfast veteran Yu Darvish

New York Times

SAN DIEGO — Three days ago, as debris littered Dodger Stadium’s right field during a lengthy delay, Yu Darvish lowered himself into a deep squat at the back of the mound. “I really didn’t feel like I shot myself in the foot too much, which I feel like I had been doing.” In the pitcher’s regular-season finale, on Sept. 25, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 MLB Division Series: Mets rally past Phillies, Yankees survive, Ohtani homers

New York Times

In his postseason debut, Shohei Ohtani helped lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a comeback win over the San Diego Padres. The Mets didn’t have an extra-base hit, but they timed eight singles extremely well, scoring five runs in the eighth inning and tacking on an insurance run in the ninth. Verdugo, coming off a down offensive season, wasn’t expected …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

These 10 ex-Dodgers are in the postseason. Who has the best shot at winning the World Series?

LA Times

Trea Turner was a Dodgers star for a year and a half. Both shortstops are key cogs on teams eyeing a World Series title and perhaps spoiling the Dodgers’ dreams along the way. Let’s take a look at each one: Trey Sweeney, SS, Tigers: The 20th overall pick in the 2021 draft by the Yankees out of Eastern Illinois, Sweeney …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Padres secure home Wild Card Series with 5-3 win over Diamondbacks, who slide in NL playoff race

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Luis Arraez hit two doubles and a triple, Yu Darvish pitched 5 1/3 gritty innings and the San Diego Padres used a four-run first to beat the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Friday night. 4 spot in the National League bracket, meaning they’ll host a best-of-three Wild Card Series next week in San Diego. The Padres never trailed, …

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3 months ago

Darvish throws 6 strong innings, Merrill and Profar homer as the Padres beat the Astros 3-1

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Yu Darvish had his best outing since being sidelined for more than three months, and rookie Jackson Merrill and Jurickson Profar homered as the San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Monday night. Padres leadoff hitter Luis Arraez struck out for the first time since Aug. 10, snapping a streak of 141 plate appearances without …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Juan Soto returns to San Diego and hits 1 of the Yankees’ 4 homers in an 8-0 win vs. the Padres

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Juan Soto hit a long two-run homer in his first game back in San Diego, and Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton also hit no-doubters off Yu Darvish in the third inning of the New York Yankees’ 8-0 win over the Padres on Friday night. Soto played in San Diego for the first time since the Padres dealt …

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7 months ago

‘Constantly learning’ Imanaga off to impressive start with the Chicago Cubs

Associated Press

CHICAGO — The road for Shota Imanaga from Japan to the major leagues included at least one sharp observation that has served him well in his transition to life with the Chicago Cubs. “Watching foreign players in Japan and how they try to figure out how to get support from the fans, essentially I’m just doing the opposite of that, …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Yu Darvish pitches 5 scoreless innings as the Padres beat the Cubs 6-3

Associated Press

CHICAGO — Yu Darvish pitched five scoreless innings, Luis Campusano drove in three runs and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Monday night. The Japanese right-hander, who played for Chicago for three seasons before he was traded to San Diego in December 2020, also tossed five shutout innings in a 6-4 victory against Cincinnati last week. …

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9 months ago

Shohei's the life and Seoul in dazzling Dodgers opener

China Daily

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani enters the field ahead of Wednesday's Major League Baseball season-opener against the San Diego Padres in Seoul. SEOUL — Shohei Ohtani said he felt "relaxed" after starting his Los Angeles Dodgers career with a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres in their Major League Baseball season-opening clash in Seoul on Wednesday. Ohtani entered the …

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9 months ago

Shohei's the life and Seoul in dazzling Dodgers opener

China Daily

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani enters the field ahead of Wednesday's Major League Baseball season-opener against the San Diego Padres in Seoul. SEOUL — Shohei Ohtani said he felt "relaxed" after starting his Los Angeles Dodgers career with a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres in their Major League Baseball season-opening clash in Seoul on Wednesday. Ohtani entered the …

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9 months ago

Ohtani and Dodgers rally to beat Padres 5-2 in season opener, first MLB game in South Korea

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — The Los Angeles Dodgers started their Shohei Ohtani era with a memorable win on a night of firsts. Ohtani’s RBI single capped a four-run eighth-inning rally in his Dodgers debut, and Los Angeles beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 in Wednesday night’s opener, Major League Baseball’s first game in South Korea. There’s a lot more eyeballs …

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9 months ago

Column: Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers debut feels like a breath of fresh air, for Shohei Ohtani

LA Times

The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani takes the field through a shower of sparklers placed on the dugout apron prior to Wednesday’s game against the San Diego Padres in Seoul. “I wanted to acknowledge him, of course, but there wasn’t time because of the pitch clock,” Ohtani said. “I really feel that one swing where he pulled it in the air foul, …

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9 months ago

Ohtani to begin throwing program soon. Roberts hints Dodgers star might play in the field

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — Shohei Ohtani may be more than just a designated hitter this season, after all. Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Monday that Ohtani — ruled out this year as a pitcher after his second surgery on his right elbow — will soon start a throwing program that might allow him to play in the field …

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9 months ago

Column: Baseball diplomacy: How Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish bridge the Japan-South Korea divide

LA Times

Shohei Ohtani prepares to bat in the first inning of the Dodgers’ exhibition game against the Kiwoom Heroes in Seoul. “There was a feeling in 2009 that South Korea was a rival, an enemy,” Darvish said in Japanese. Before the inaugural WBC, Ichiro said he wanted to teach opponents such as South Korea and Taiwan that they “couldn’t beat Japan …

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10 months ago

MLB Padres star pitcher Darvish aims to be ready by Seoul

Hindustan Times

Japanese star pitcher Yu Darvish, battling back from an injury that cut short his 2023 Major League Baseball campaign, plans to be ready for San Diego's season-opening series in Seoul next month. HT Image The 37-year-old right-hander, who helped Japan win the World Baseball Classic last year and in 2009, threw 32 pitches in a simulated inning on Friday and …

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Roki Sasaki: Meet MLB’s next free agent superstar

How Yu Darvish could recruit Roki Sasaki for the Padres

Roki Sasaki’s contract situation, signing process and suitors, explained

Dodgers Dugout: You didn’t think it was going to be easy, did you?

‘He’s going to reset.’ Shohei Ohtani trying to rectify ‘bad habits’ amid playoff struggles

Dodgers vs. Padres: Ready for a Shohei Ohtani-Yu Darvish duel in Game 5?

Dodgers Dugout: Dodgers-Padres Game 5 is what postseason baseball is all about

Dodgers vanquish recent postseason frustrations in NLDS Game 5 win over Padres

Hernández: Don't overthink it, Dodgers. Game 5 should be a bullpen game

With their season on the line, the Padres will turn to steadfast veteran Yu Darvish

2024 MLB Division Series: Mets rally past Phillies, Yankees survive, Ohtani homers

These 10 ex-Dodgers are in the postseason. Who has the best shot at winning the World Series?

Padres secure home Wild Card Series with 5-3 win over Diamondbacks, who slide in NL playoff race

Darvish throws 6 strong innings, Merrill and Profar homer as the Padres beat the Astros 3-1

Juan Soto returns to San Diego and hits 1 of the Yankees’ 4 homers in an 8-0 win vs. the Padres

‘Constantly learning’ Imanaga off to impressive start with the Chicago Cubs

Yu Darvish pitches 5 scoreless innings as the Padres beat the Cubs 6-3

Shohei's the life and Seoul in dazzling Dodgers opener

Shohei's the life and Seoul in dazzling Dodgers opener

Ohtani and Dodgers rally to beat Padres 5-2 in season opener, first MLB game in South Korea

Column: Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers debut feels like a breath of fresh air, for Shohei Ohtani

Ohtani to begin throwing program soon. Roberts hints Dodgers star might play in the field

Column: Baseball diplomacy: How Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish bridge the Japan-South Korea divide

MLB Padres star pitcher Darvish aims to be ready by Seoul