By Rory Carroll
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Dodgers bolstered their starting rotation on Wednesday with the addition of right-hander Roki Sasaki, who will join fellow Japanese pitchers Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Los Angeles, the team said in a statement.
Sasaki, 23, agreed to a one-year, $6.5 million deal with the reigning World Series champions, according to sports news site Spotrac, after spending the last four seasons with the Chiba Lotte Mariners of the Nippon Professional Baseball league.
The 6-foot-2-inch pitcher went 30-15 with a 2.02 ERA in four seasons with the Mariners.
The two-time NPB All-Star threw a perfect game in April 2022 where he struck out 19 batters including 12 in a row to set a record for consecutive strikeouts in a game.
The Dodgers were to hold an introductory press conference with Sasaki later on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
