How Roki Sasaki’s debut went, plus MLB’s best starters, ranked
It was Roki Sasaki’s MLB debut, and here’s how his first inning went: four pitches in triple digits, then two at 99 before breaking off an 85 mph slider. Back to 100, 99 before unveiling the disgusting splitter (which broke arm-side for ball one to Kyle Tucker).
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 ...
By the way, Sasaki was only 20 years old at the time … and he was already in possession of a triple-digit fastball. The hype machine could have built itself at that point. Rōki Sasaki ...
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