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Jan. 17, 2025 3:21 PM PT
He has better control than Shohei Ohtani had at the same stage of his career.
He is more athletic than Hideo Nomo was.
He throws harder than Yu Darvish.
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Roki Sasaki is the most talented pitcher Japan has produced, and the 23-year-old with a 6-foot-4 frame and 102.5-mph fastball is now a Dodger.
If Sasaki was born and raised in the United States, his physical gifts and natural feel for pitching would have made him a candidate to be chosen first overall in the draft when coming out of high school.