Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman made this especially clear when asked a question about LA’s potential pursuit of Japanese pitcher Rōki Sasaki at some point down.

Inside the Dodgers’ seven-year pursuit of Rōki Sasaki, ... Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman described the chase for Shohei Ohtani — and the wild 24 hours before ...

Inside the Dodgers’ seven-year pursuit of Rōki Sasaki, ... Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman described the chase for Shohei Ohtani — and the wild 24 hours before ...

Sasaki finished his four-year NPB career going 29-15 with a 2.10 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 5.74 strikeout-to-walk ratio while striking out 11.5 batters per nine innings.

Sasaki finished his four-year NPB career going 29-15 with a 2.10 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 5.74 strikeout-to-walk ratio while striking out 11.5 batters per nine innings.