The Los Angeles Dodgers had plenty of pitching injuries to deal with this season, but after one of the most exciting acquisitions of the offseason missed close to five months with a shoulder injury, the eventual champions later used it to their advantage.

After 23-year-old Roki Sasaki posted a 2.10 ERA across four seasons of Nippon Professional Baseball, 20 MLB teams expressed their interest when he was posted for MLB free agency ahead of the 2025 campaign. During the first eight starts of his MLB career, he struggled with command, tossing 22 walks against 24 strikeouts to go along with his 4.72 ERA.

After a shoulder impingement sidelined him for most of the regular season, his command and velocity showed no improvement during his rehab assignment. In a somewhat miraculous development,

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