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Roki Sasaki 2025 Fantasy Baseball Outlook: Baseball's Next Star Pitcher?
Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki has been well known since he debuted as a professional in the NPB in 2021 as a 19-year-old. The 2024 season saw him take a step back, and statistically, it was a career-worst season as Sasaki dealt with injuries. That career-worst was still a 2.35 ERA with 129 strikeouts in 111 innings, which shows how good Sasaki has been as a young professional. From an arsenal perspective, Sasaki utilized a four-seam fastball, splitter, and slider, each being used at least 20 percent of the time. After averaging 99 mph and touching 102.5 mph in 2023, Sasaki took a step back in 2024, sitting 97 mph and a topping at 101. He lost two inches of IVB and nearly 2.5 inches of horizontal movement while gaining just shy of a foot of extension. This could have been the NBP changing from Trackman to Hawkeye. Innings could be a question in 2025 as Sasaki's career high is 129, and his future team could want to manage innings, especially with the injury concerns he has in 2024. I would keep expectations tempered in 2025, just given that he could throw anywhere from 100-120 innings, which leaves a lot of value on the table where he is being drafted.
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