Having dinner with former teammates wasn’t something new for Roki Sasaki — but this specific dinner was different.
On this night in December, Sasaki sat down for sushi with former Samurai Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. It was after he had his initial meeting with the Dodgers and just at the beginning of the 23-year-old’s transition to Major League Baseball.
The topics discussed are unknown, according to The LA Times, but clearly, Ohtani and Yamamoto did a great job in recruiting.
“They wanted him to know how much they were looking forward to having him join them.