Dodgers’ Roki Sasaki Shocks Fans with 97 MPH Sim Game Blaze Amid Mysterious Shoulder Recovery
Sasaki’s arrival last offseason stirred big excitement—he was pegged as a top NL Rookie of the Year contender. But those first eight starts? Let’s just say the hype didn’t quite match the results. Two glaring issues bubbled up: poor control and a fastball that, when it did find the strike zone, got hammered. Opponents slugged .494 off it. His walk rate? An eye-popping 14.3% — worst in all of MLB for qualified pitchers this year. Strikeout rate? A dismal 15.6%, landing near the bottom of the barrel. Plus, that electric triple-digit fastball from the 2023 World Baseball Classic seems like a distant memory. His heater’s been dipping, averaging 96 mph now and down to 94.8 mph in his last couple of starts.
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