The Los Angeles Dodgers and free-agent relief pitcher Kirby Yates have agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The

This is how it feels, anyway, and it isn't just because the Dodgers were revealed as the winners of the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes on Friday. It is a big deal that one of the most talented pitchers on Earth is destined for Dodger Blue, but there's more going on here.

The mighty Dodgers, that Evil Empire on the West Coast, have struck again, signing Japanese phenom Rōki Sasaki.

They added Blake Snell and Rōki Sasaki, but they could add one more superstar before they begin their quest for back-to-back championships. ESPN's David Schoenfield predicted the Dodgers would ...

Editor's Note: The story below originally ran in November, after Roki Sasaki's NPB team pledged to post the Japanese star pitcher. Sasaki announced Friday he was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Somewhere in that posh pad in Arlington that Chuck Morgan calls a PA booth lies a copy of Stars Wars Imperial March. Dust it off. Cue it up. The Dodgers are coming to town in mid-April. Baseball has a supervillain again.

This time, they won the pursue of Japanese ace pitcher Rōki Sasaki. The 23-year-old announced ... $162 million) and Blake Snell (five years, $182 million) wasn’t enough. The defending World ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in 2024 and appear to be even better positioned in 2025, thanks to what has a chance to be a historically good pitching staff led by Tyler Glasnow ...

The Dodgers have landed Blake Snell, Tanner Scott, Kirby Yates, and Rōki Sasaki to name a few. Los Angeles also re-signed Teoscar Hernández and gave Tommy Edman an extension. The Dodgers ...

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively could be headed for a trial on March 9, 2026, a judge said on Monday. The “It Ends With Us” co-stars are suing each other in federal court in New York.

then added Sasaki, Snell, Michael Conforto and Hyeseong Kim while retaining Teoscar Hernandez and Blake Treinen. It's been about as perfect an offseason as Dodgers fans could have imagined (non ...

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki agreed to a new deal on Jan. 17 ... Pitchers Corbin Burnes (Diamondbacks), Blake Snell (Dodgers) and Max Fried (Yankees) -- who were all ranked in the top five ...