Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki says he wants to try an 'American hamburger' after signing with the Dodgers

Now that Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki has officially signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, helium is acceptable to bask immoderate American food. 

"I haven’t tried immoderate American hamburgers, truthful I’m truly looking guardant to eating the best," Sasaki said done an interpreter during an interrogation with SportsNetLA.

Sasaki, 23, signed with the Dodgers arsenic an planetary escaped agent, meaning that helium is nether squad power for six seasons. Sasaki was besides fixed a $6.5 cardinal signing bonus.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (11) speaks during an introductory property league astatine Dodger Stadium.  (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

With the signing bonus, Sasaki tin effort arsenic galore hamburgers arsenic helium wants. 

Sasaki dominated Nippon Professional Baseball, signaling a 2.10 ERA crossed 4 seasons with a whopping 505 strikeouts successful 394 2/3 innings.

Sasaki was highly coveted crossed Major League Baseball erstwhile his bidding play opened up, but chose the reigning World Series champions arsenic his adjacent team.

It is the 2nd consecutive play that the Dodgers person signed a escaped cause pitcher from Japan, arsenic they handed Yoshinobu Yamamoto the largest guaranteed declaration for a pitcher successful MLB past past offseason. 

Yamamoto signed a 12-year, $325 cardinal woody and delivered successful twelvemonth 1 with a 7-2 grounds and 3.00 ERA implicit 18 regular play starts and 90 innings pitched. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (11) is photographed by media during an introductory property league astatine Dodger Stadium.  (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

If Sasaki had waited 2 years until helium turned 25, helium could person deed the escaped cause marketplace and signed an exorbitant woody similar Yamamoto, but Sasaki wanted to play successful the large leagues sooner.

Sasaki said helium plans connected not conscionable relying connected Yamamoto, but chap countryman Shohei Ohtani arsenic good this season. 

"There’s conscionable a batch of things I’m not going to know, truthful I’m going to trust connected our coaches and players successful presumption of conscionable getting to cognize the team. But also, we person Japanese players connected the team, truthful I’m going to thin connected them arsenic well," Sasaki said. 

If Sasaki pans retired the mode the Dodgers anticipation helium does, they are going to person 1 of the champion rotations successful baseball. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (11) is photographed by media during an introductory property league astatine Dodger Stadium.  (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

Ohtani volition instrumentality to the mound aft not pitching past play portion recovering from Tommy John surgery. The Dodgers signed two-time Cy Young victor Blake Snell this offseason. 

Tyler Glasnow volition beryllium backmost aft his 2024 play ended prematurely owed to an elbow injury. Add Yamamoto and Sasaki into the mix, and it gives the Dodgers 5 starters with ace imaginable successful their rotation, a rarity successful baseball. 

The Dodgers' travel to trying to go repetition World Series champions begins erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Chicago Cubs successful Japan for a two-game series, connected March 18 and 19. 

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