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Roki Sasaki’s Teammate Says Dodgers Have ‘Upper Hand’ for Japanese Star

Dallas Keuchel, the 2015 American League Cy Young winner, spent over two months with the Chiba Lotte Marines. During Keuchel’s stint with the NPB team, he discovered the greatness of Roki Sasaki.

Sasaki’s teammate all but confirmed the Los Angeles Dodgers are the favorite to sign the Japanese phenom in a conversation with the New York Post.

“I heard some, some rumblings about a done deal with the Dodgers — you know, having a plan for him,” Keuchel told Joel Sherman of the New York Post. “And if I was Vegas, I would definitely put them as the favorite, but I don’t know.