Roki Sasaki records 4 strikeouts in his 2026 season debut

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1. Better than anyone would have hoped for

2. Proud of him tonight, keep building on this start!

   

3. https://i.redd.it/cvo9ayy9yasg1.gif

4. some of those pitches were on Mars but some were most definitely on Earth!

5. Work in progress but improved

6. Unfortunately, too much wild pitches though, that’d still be a huge concern against a better hitting team.

7. Miggy ensuring Tanner’s inherited basemen/Roki’s responsible men didn’t score.

8. Lowest ERA out of all Dodgers starting pitchers who have pitched so far this year!

9. Would’ve been nice to give him some offense.

10. https://preview.redd.it/9ec04ikkzasg1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66422978f7eca453ae16d9e54df02ecd0bb9d39f

    Blake snell: Hey, roki. What is paul skenes’ era rn? (I know this reference is 2025)

11. Just happy he didn’t get knocked around… some of pitches were definitely pretty wild

12. Should have been 5 strikeouts instead.

    https://preview.redd.it/yz0fcjqv0bsg1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6cb4f73ba412cf068c148b6bdb5ee782e59102f

13. Wow

14. Better than whatever his spring training was

15. Can anyone explain what the “1 2 1 2” graphic is on the bottom right?

16. Not bad at all. I’ll take it. Hope he builds upon this.

17. Roki in the stretch was a different pitcher than Roki from the windup. He was also extremely shaky on the breaking stuff and left a lot of it hanging. Fastball looked pretty good for most of the night, but was definitely flat at times. I hope that the team they have on him will continue to work. They definitely brought him back from the dead, but this is more than a rookie figuring out his way through the league.

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19. Solid performance. Hopefully he can build on this.

20. He still lets a couple of pitches slip out of his hand at times that make it look like he has no command to some people. Might need to work on tightening his grip a little bit.

21. well done Roki! hope he’s gained some confidence from this outing and keep getting better!

22. Love to see it. Can we maybe steal the Italian’s espresso machine so we can get the offense started?

23. Control is still all over the place. Glad he didn’t get shelled. A work in progress but some positives
    To take away.

24. Glad he got some run support on the 9th inning.

25. I hope the sinker,slider take. I hope he adds a curveball or a normal change up to his arsenal. Just to have more pitches to choose from.

26. Roki Sasaki stats this year

27. Roki did better than I expected. Good job, Roki.

28. MAJI?

29. To quote one my favorite shows Community: Roki was good. You know what? Better than good! Good enough!

30. Little slow on the offence its coming tho

31. Im guaranteeing the next 2 games will be a W for LA!

32. Right after this, he faces the Blue Jays in Toronto. If he ends up having a similar outing to last night, I’d be happy

33. A shame he had to take the loss only giving up 1 run.

34. 2.25 ERA – Give him some run support.