The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are hot on the tail of Roki Sasaki, the most exciting international prospect on the market. But only one of them can snag him.

MLB analyst Harold Reynolds said there is a 0 percent chance free agent pitcher Roki Sasaki will not sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

MLB's 2025 international signing period opened, an annual date of significance in which top international amateur players can begin signing with MLB teams.

Roki Sasaki may be available for all teams to sign considering that his age only makes him subject to the international bonus pool money similar to when Shohei Ohtani made the transition stateside back in 2018,

T he 23-year-old Roki Sasaki is considered an international free agent due to his age, as league rules dictate, and thus his impending arrival to the big leagues has brought extra

Padres and Blue Jays fans got a brief but powerful high when, on Jan. 13, details about their clubs' second in-person meetings with Roki Sasaki surfaced. Sasaki had returned to the States ahead of the opening of the international free agency period on Jan.