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.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and free agent left-handed relief pitcher Tanner Scott have agreed to a four-year, $72 million contract, per Mark Feinsand of

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.

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 ...

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.

The same cannot be said for Blake Snell, who inked a five-year, $182 million contract with Los Angeles back in November. Sasaki and Snell will serve as quite the reinforcements for the reigning ...

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 ...

Not only did they add a 2.02 career-ERA pitcher with four seasons of experience in Japan, but they also lured former Giants ace Blake Snell this offseason. They now have a surplus of starting ...

Roki Sasaki is a Los Angeles Dodger. The 23-year-old Japanese ace finalized his deal with Los Angeles, then was introduced in a press conference at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Sporting a sharp Dodger blue tie and socks that featured the face of his black toy poodle,

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,

After being posted by the Chiba Lotte Mariners of Nippon Professional Baseball back on November 9th, Rōki Sasaki has finally signed with an MLB team, agreeing to an international minor-league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers which will come with a $6.