Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto were not part of a Dodgers pitch to Roki Sasaki after the free-agent pitcher requested no players attend the meeting.

Roki Sasaki's agent, Joel Wolfe, said as many as 20 teams have reached out with interest in the Japanese starting pitcher and that Sasaki is "driving

The Dodgers have long been considered one of the favorites to sign Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki. They recently became the sixth team known to have an in-person gathering with Sasaki, according to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.