Roki Sasaki Joins Dodgers: Projecting LA’s Star-Studded 2025 Rotation
Paul Connor
Host · Writer
5. RHP Roki Sasaki
2024 P.L. Regular Season Stats
Win/Loss Record: 10-5
ERA: 2.35
G: 18
IP: 111.0
SO: 129
BB: 32
WHIP: 1.04Stay ahead of the game and elevate your sports betting experience with SportsGrid.
Stats courtesy of Baseball Reference.
Introduction
Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki, to no one’s surprise, announced last week that he will join the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to begin his MLB career.
Over four seasons in Japan, Sasaki compiled a 30-15 record with a 2.02 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, and a 524:91 strikeout-to-walk ratio across 414.2 innings. The 23-year-old pitched a perfect game in 2022, during which he set the NPB record for strikeouts in a game with 19 and a world record by striking out 13 consecutive batters.
With Sasaki in the mix, here's a look at how the Dodgers' 2025 starting rotation might shape up. Spoiler: It's formidable.
1. LHP Blake Snell
2024 MLB Regular Season Stats (SFG)
Wins Above Replacement (WAR): 2.1
Win/Loss Record: 5-3
Earned Run Average (ERA): 3.12
Games (G): 20
Games Started (GS): 20
Innings Pitched (IP): 104.0
Strikeouts (SO): 145
Walks (BB): 44
Walks and Hits Per Inning Pitched (WHIP): 1.052. RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2024 MLB Regular Season Stats
WAR: 1.7
Win/Loss Record: 7-2
ERA: 3.00
G: 18
GS: 18
IP: 90.0
SO: 105
BB: 22
WHIP: 1.11Download the SportsGrid App
Stay Ahead of the Game and Elevate Your Sports Betting Experience with SportsGrid. Download the SportsGrid App from the Apple Store and Google Play Store.
3. RHP Tyler Glasnow
2024 MLB Regular Season Stats
WAR: 1.9
Win/Loss Record: 9-6
ERA: 3.49
G: 22
GS: 22
IP: 134.0
SO: 168
BB: 35
WHIP: 0.9484. RHP Shohei Ohtani
2024 MLB Regular Season Stats (Pitching)
*Did not pitch (UCL injury; Tommy John surgery)
5. RHP Roki Sasaki
2024 P.L. Regular Season Stats
Win/Loss Record: 10-5
ERA: 2.35
G: 18
IP: 111.0
SO: 129
BB: 32
WHIP: 1.04Stay ahead of the game and elevate your sports betting experience with SportsGrid.
Stats courtesy of Baseball Reference.
Introduction
Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki, to no one’s surprise, announced last week that he will join the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to begin his MLB career.
Over four seasons in Japan, Sasaki compiled a 30-15 record with a 2.02 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, and a 524:91 strikeout-to-walk ratio across 414.2 innings. The 23-year-old pitched a perfect game in 2022, during which he set the NPB record for strikeouts in a game with 19 and a world record by striking out 13 consecutive batters.
With Sasaki in the mix, here's a look at how the Dodgers' 2025 starting rotation might shape up. Spoiler: It's formidable.
