The highly anticipated Cactus League debut for Los Angeles Dodgers rookie right-hander Roki Sasaki is scheduled for Tuesday night against the Cincinnati Reds, manager Dave Roberts said.
Sasaki won’t start the contest, but he will piggyback with Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Both pitchers are expected to throw between three and four innings.
“We’ll set up an exact inning for Roki to get prepared so he can kind of prepare for those three, four innings,” Roberts said. “They both have been talked to and asked about it and they both feel very good about it.”
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With both starters expected to pitch in Japan next month when the Dodgers face the Chicago Cubs in the Tokyo Series on March 18-19.