The Angels reached a local broadcasting/streaming contract with Diamond Sports Group yesterday, reports Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register. The team will remain on the FanDuel Sports Network, the same organization that previously operated under the Bally Sports name. The Angels have not made an official announcement. Terms of the deal remain unreported. For fans, the … [Read more...] about Angels Reach New Broadcast Deal With Diamond Sports Group
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Notes: Ohtani’s return plan after surgery, Freeman’s HR binge
Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images After some time off, let’s start the weekend by playing catch-up with various Dodgers news and notes. Shohei Ohtani had surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn labrum in his dislocated left shoulder. That’s his back shoulder while hitting, making it a bit different than four years earlier when Cody Bellinger dislocated his … [Read more...] about Notes: Ohtani’s return plan after surgery, Freeman’s HR binge
Roki Sasaki will be posted to MLB
Photo by Sports Nippon/Getty Images 23-year-old right-hander had a 2.35 ERA with 129 strikeouts and 32 walks in 111 innings for Chiba Lotte Marines in 2024. He’ll be subject to MLB’s international bonus pool limits. The Dodgers last offseason signed the best pitcher in Japan when Yoshinobu Yamamoto joined Los Angeles as a free agent. That opportunity is upon them again … [Read more...] about Roki Sasaki will be posted to MLB
Roki Sasaki’s impact, rankings & signing mechanisms
Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Digging deeper into the process of the 23-year-old Japanese right-hander making the jump to Major League Baseball this offseason Roki Sasaki getting posted this offseason is one of the largest stories in MLB this winter. It’s not often that someone with his talent, that young (having just turned 23 years old), not only becomes available, but … [Read more...] about Roki Sasaki’s impact, rankings & signing mechanisms
Is There Another Japanese Player In Dodgers Future?
Early Saturday morning, MLB Trade Rumors‘ Anthony Franco reported that the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league have posted 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki, thereby making him available for MLB teams to court. This, of course, suggests that Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman has already been in contact with Sasaki’s … [Read more...] about Is There Another Japanese Player In Dodgers Future?