Sasaki

The Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani's team, are facing the San Diego Padres on September 23, with Roki Sasaki returning to action for the game. Fans are closely following how Sasaki performs in his comeback and how the Dodgers' pitching and lineup fare against a division rival, with the matchup drawing wide attention among baseball followers tracking the Japanese stars.

The Yomiuri Giants take on the Hiroshima Carp in the final game of a nine-game stretch, with the Giants pinning their hopes of escaping last place on their pitching staff. Attention is on how they will handle Carp pitcher Iroyuki Itoh, with pitcher Sasaki viewed as a key man for the Giants in the matchup.

Japanese baseball fans are discussing Roki Sasaki, the Dodgers pitcher, with a question circulating about whether people can tell whose pitching form he is imitating. The chatter ties Sasaki to his Dodgers teammate Shohei Ohtani, with followers of Nippon Professional Baseball and MLB comparing the young right-hander's style and technique to other prominent pitchers.