To say that Roki Sasaki's rookie season in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers has gone swimmingly would be a lie. Sasaki went through his fair share of injury adversity, as he ended up playing in 10 games (starting eight of them) and pitching a total of 36.1 innings in the regular season after he was one of the most hyped-up pitching prospects this past offseason. But Sasaki is coming into his own at exactly the right time, as he starred in relief during the Dodgers' NLDS-clinching 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.

On Thursday, runs were at a premium, and Sasaki helped make it that way. Tyler Glasnow was excellent in his start , pitching six shutout innings while striking out eight. However, Glasnow was already at 83 pitches, and he was already dealing with cr

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