The buzz around Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki continues to grow after a first round of meetings with MLB teams before 2024 came to a close. While Sasaki is drawing plenty of interest, here we look at three teams that could especially use the pitcher's services.

Japanese free agent pitcher Roki Sasaki reportedly requested that no team include any of their own players in the recruiting visits for him, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Currently, Sasaki is back in Japan with his family,

Joel Wolfe, the agent for Roki Sasaki, provided an update on the status of the 23-year-old Japanese star’s free-agent meetings with interested teams.

That, of course, is start Japanese righthander Roki Sasaki, who was posted Dec. 9 by his NPB team, the Chiba Lotte Marines. That opened a 45-day window in which Sasaki can negotiate with MLB teams, who can only sign him as an international amateur,

The Japanese baseball prodigy is making bold moves to become one of the top pitchers in Major League Baseball.