Roki Sasaki to receive every chance to be in rotation
by Nicholas Rodriguez | Dodgers Correspondent | Wed, Jan 28th 7:18am EST
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the team will give Roki Sasaki every opportunity to be the fifth or sixth starter. (New York Post)
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Sasaki struggled in 2025, as his command wavered and his fastball velocity dipped while he spent much of the season on the injured list with a shoulder impingement. However, he turned things around in the postseason as a reliever, recording three saves and a 0.84 ERA across four appearances. Roberts said Sasaki will have every opportunity to rejoin the rotation, but believes he needs to develop a pitch that moves to the left, either a slider or curveball, to complement his fastball-forkball combination and keep hitters off balance the second and third times through the order.
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