Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts acknowledges challenges in competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for top Japanese talent.

Roki Sasaki could join a long list of impressive Los Angeles Dodgers rookies, including Hideo Nomo, Don Newcombe and Fernando ...

He is more athletic than Hideo Nomo was. He throws harder than Yu Darvish ... Sasaki is aware of that, and he presumably chose to sign with the Dodgers because he figured they could help him ...

Perhaps fittingly, it was 30 years ago that Hideo Nomo made his major-league debut with the Dodgers, ushering in a new era of Japanese stars stateside after decades without any crossover between ...

Sasaki will be the 13th player born in Japan to play for the Dodgers, along with Dave Roberts (player and manager), Hideo Nomo, Masao Kida, Kazuhisa Ishii, Norihiro Nakamura, Takashi Saito, Hiroki ...

Advertisement The Dodgers have been the presumptive favorite ... not just through their history of signing Japanese stars in Hideo Nomo, Hiroki Kuroda and Kenta Maeda but through their billion ...

The Dodgers have long been trailblazers in the international market, from Hideo Nomo to Chan Ho Park to Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Adding Sasaki to their rich tapestry of global stars ...

Roki Sasaki could be the greatest Japanese pitcher ever. He hopes the Dodgers can turn him into just that, even if it means Shohei Ohtani outshines him.