Roki Sasaki is younger, bigger and throws harder than Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Every MLB team will have a shot to acquire him once he's posted, but is he the Dodgers' to lose?
We're unwilling to speculate on exactly how the six-man rotation will be comprised, but it's a logical solution to accommodate Shohei Ohtani's return to pitching, while also building in some extra rest for Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow. With Clayton Kershaw, Jack Flaherty and Walker Buehler hitting free agency, fantasy managers should anticipate Los Angeles adding at least a couple veteran starters during the offseason to bolster their starting pitching depth.
With Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto playing, this World Series was the most-watched Fall Classic in Japan's history.
With Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto making their first appearance, the World Series averaged 12.9 million viewers in Japan, the most-watched Fall Classic in the nation's history.