Japanese star Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced on Instagram. The 23-year-old right-hander with a sizzling fastball and deadly splitter joins Samurai Japan teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto with the World Series champion Dodgers.

The race to sign Rōki Sasaki appears to be down to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. Per MLB insider Francys Romero, the San Diego Padres are

Along with Blake Snell – signed to a five-year, $182 million contract in December. And Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was posted one year ago after seven dominant seasons in Japan, signed a $325 million contract – and was the starting pitcher for four of the Dodgers’ 11 postseason wins.

The Dodgers cemented their status as the preferred MLB destination for NPB stars and transformed their rotation into a Mount Rushmore of Japanese pitching luminaries by winning the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes.

Rōki Sasaki might be the best free agent still available for MLB. Here is everything to know about the Japanese superstar.

The Toronto Blue Jays seemed pretty darn close to signing Shohei Ohtani. In an article written for The Atheltic, Ken Rosenthal not only reported that Rōki

The right-hander was one of the most sought after international free agents in recent memory, but the Dodgers won the race to land the coveted pitcher's services.

At his age and talent level, Sasaki folds in perfectly for a Dodgers club that was already planning on running a six-man rotation.

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

Rōki Sasaki, the 23-year-old phenom from Japan whose services for the next six seasons could be procured by every Major League Baseball franchise for the equivalent of a rounding error, ended his six-week recruiting period by agreeing to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday,

In keeping with their newfound profligacy, this week it was announced that the Athletics signed 18-year-old Japanese star (in waiting?) Shotaro Morii to a record-setting deal, with a $1,510,500 bonus. Who is Shotaro Morii, and how and why did the small-market (which market?) club get theirs hands on him?