with the young ace hailing Padres star Yu Darvish as his mentor. The 23-year-old will join his senior Japanese teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in LA. Sasaki, who was part of Japan's ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced Thursday for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the ...

Meanwhile, Sasaki went to dinner with Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and their ... inside scoop between now and the MLB offseason. Yu Darvish wants some answers from Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers ...

The San Diego Padres have had quite an eventful offseason for a team that has barely made any major league roster additions.

Japanese pitching star Roki Sasaki is the newest sensation in Major League Baseball after signing with the Los Angeles ...

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. Roki Sasaki is the most talented pitcher ...

While the Padres have their sights set on other players now that the Sasaki sweepstakes has come to a close, veteran pitcher Yu Darvish isn't holding any grudges toward the 23-year-old.