With Shohei Ohtani on the Los Angeles Dodgers World Series roster and Roki Sasaki also taking the mound, fans are curious about the total number of Japanese players on the defending champions’ roster, in total, there are only three Japan-born players on the roster.

While the number of Japanese players isn’t large, seeing the dominant Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound, and then watching the Dodgers attempt to close out Game 6 against the Blue Jays with another Japanese pitcher like Sasaki, leaves people wondering where the Dodgers manage to acquire so many high-caliber pitchers from Japan.

The youngest of the three Japanese players on the Dodgers’ roster is obviously Sasaki, who recently joined the team. At 23 years old, he shares the title of the team’s youngest pitchers alongside Edgardo

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