The New York Mets have seemingly gone all in to win the National League by signing Juan Soto and Pete Alonso ... The Dodgers have added Blake Snell, Rōki Sasaki, Hye-seong Kim and Tanner Scott ...

Not even two days after signing Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki last month ... first week of February by slugging first baseman Pete Alonso, who had to settle for a short-term deal and returned ...

Video below shows the last two in the sequence. Rōki Sasaki could just throw a Splitter every pitch. Yes, those are indeed splitters, not sliders. That offering is what makes Sasaki so unique ...

Not only was Chase Petty about to face the defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers, but it was also Rōki Sasaki's spring training debut as a Major Leaguer. There was all sorts of hype around ...