Sasaki said he prioritized joining a team that would embrace a Japanese player, but explained that there were other reasons ...

Ohtani sent a text to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman even before Sasaki’s agent informed the club.

Shohei Ohtani broke the news to the Los Angeles Dodgers that prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki was joining the team. Ohtani ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year, $700 million contract last offseason, which at the time ...

Andrew Friedman and the Los Angeles Dodgers were already on the Roki Sasaki hype train when the pitcher was still in high school.

"One of our goals is to have baseball fans in Japan convert to Dodger blue," president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said at Ohtani's introductory press conference, "and to have Shohei ...

Last December, the Dodgers' addition of Shohei Ohtani concluded one of their greatest pursuits and began another. "One of our goals is to have baseball fans in Japan convert to Dodger blue ...

Most of all, the deferrals are what made Shohei Ohtani’s $700-million contract ... fast rule,” president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman added. “We just like to get deals done.” ...

Ohtani once eschewed the Dodgers for the Angels, and got stuck in a six-year playoff drought. The Dodgers’ new Japanese ...

He also represented Team Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, playing alongside Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Dodgers president Andrew Friedman is hopeful that these connections could ...