The Los Angeles Dodgers may not actually be the favorites to sign 23-year-old Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki in free agency.

As all the attention in baseball is focused on Juan Soto, Scott Boras, and his free agency, there is another that should draw attention as well. That is Japanese righty Roki Sasaki. The 23-year-old really flashed in the World Baseball Classic a couple of years ago.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are pushing forward with an ambitious free-agency plan to strengthen their pitching rotation, setting their sights on more than one star addition. Roki Sasaki, the Japanese phenom with a blazing triple-digit fastball,

The Dodgers have sought to, in the words of manager Dave Roberts, “paint the country of Japan blue” through their leveraging of last winter’s Japanese signings, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. They’ve fostered a strong relationship with Sasaki’s agent,

After initial reports connected highly anticipated rookie ace Roki Sasaki to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the latest buzz suggests that LA isn't even a frontrunner.