The Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani will be featured in four of ESPN's first 10 "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcasts, it was announced Wednesday, along with a March 27 appearance on MLB's main Opening Day.

For his career, Ohtani owns a .945 OPS and 3.01 ERA. While he did not pitch at all in his first season with the Dodgers, Ohtani still won the National League MVP award by becoming the first player in MLB history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season.

Due to Sasaki still being only 23, there is a cap on the amount that he can initially make in Major League Baseball. Due to his not being 25 yet, his posting will not be able to set off the kind of bidding frenzy that led to the Los Angeles Dodgers signing Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 12-year, $325 million contract.

The Dodgers won't have Shohei Ohtani pitch to begin the 2025 season; according to a new report manager Dave Roberts has a target month for Ohtani's debut.

Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer says the team is focused on improving its bullpen and bench at this point in the offseason

The Los Angeles Dodgers are viewed as the favorite for Roki Sasaki, but one report shows the other teams who have expressed interest aren't out of the picture.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani wrote on Instagram that he will be donating $500,000 to help firefighters and others affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles.

The Japanese phenom will join countrymen Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in blue, but this addition isn’t about the Dodgers bludgeoning the rest of the sport with their financial might.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. A 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 mph, Sasaki will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in a move many baseball executives have long expected.

After much speculation, the hard-throwing Japanese pitcher posts his decision on Instagram, choosing to play with countrymen Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Los Angeles.

A case could be made that Sasaki was the most valuable pitcher on the winter free agent market because of the unique circumstances of his departure from from the Japan.

The Tokyo Series is exactly two months away -- and there are already plenty of reasons to be excited about the 2025 season-opening showdown between the reigning World Series champion Dodgers and Cubs.