Day: January 18, 2025

Roki Sasaki, the prized Japanese pitching prospect who has had scouts drooling over his potential since high school, has chosen the Los Angeles Dodgers as his major league team, he announced on Instagram on Friday.

Toronto got $2 million in international signing bonus pool allocation from Cleveland that could have been used in their ultimately fruitless bid for Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki as part of a deal Friday that also brought outfielder Myles Straw to Toronto.

The Mets and reliever A.J. Minter have agreed on a two-year, $22 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday.