Last Tuesday, during the Dodgers’ final preseason exhibition game against the Angels at Dodger Stadium, manager Dave Roberts got up from his perch at the top step of the dugout and went to find Roki Sasaki.
To most outside observers, Sasaki had just suffered a five-alarm, red-flag, siren-sounding sort of spring training.
His ERA was 15.58. He’d walked 15 batters in just 8 ⅔ innings. The night before, he’d reached a new low in issuing six walks and hitting two batters during a final spring outing that left his mechanics looking broken.
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