The Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball on Saturday announced that they will begin the process of transferring ace pitcher Rōki Sasaki to MLB via the posting system. Marines general manager Naoki Matsumoto said the following in a statement.

Chiba Lotte Marines announce they’ll make the top pitcher available via the posting system, with the Dodgers seen as a favorite to sign the young right-hander.

Roki Sasaki, the “Monster of the Reiwa Era,” will get his wish to pitch in the majors next season. The Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball announced overnight that they intend to

The Chiba Lotte Marines announced they have chosen to start the process of moving the pitcher to North America via the posting system.

Sasaki, 23, is the No. 3 ranked player on The Athletic's top 40 MLB free agent big board, behind only Juan Soto and Corbin Burnes.

Star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki will be posted to Major League Baseball, his team the Chiba Lotte Marines announced on Friday. The 23-year-old Sasaki is two years before full free agency and will be subject to MLB’s international bonus pool limits.

The New York Yankees are among the teams that have expressed interest in signing Japanese ace Roki Sasaki this offseason, according to MLB.com's Bryan

Let the breathless speculation begin: One of the world’s best pitchers is expected to be out there for the taking, and unlike MLB’s current crop of free agents, all 30 teams could foreseeably afford him.

Japanese ace Roki Sasaki will become available to MLB teams. He went 10-5 with a 2.35 ERA in 18 games this year. Read more on Boston.com.

Roki Sasaki is younger, bigger and throws harder than Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Every MLB team will have a shot to acquire him once he's posted, but is he the Dodgers' to lose?