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Dodgers Decided Against Roki Sasaki Pitching In 2026 World Baseball Classic

Summary by Dodger Blue
Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are set to represent Samurai Japan in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, but they won’t be joined by Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Roki Sasaki this time around. Sasaki pitched for Team Japan in the 2023 iteration of the WBC, but that was before he made the jump to MLB from Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Although Sasaki may have wanted to pitch this time around as well, the decision was out of his hands. Due…
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Dodger Blue broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Monday, February 2, 2026.
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