When Roki Sasaki last took the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he failed to record a strikeout over four innings that included five earned runs and two walks. The game itself was still won miraculously as the Dodgers were down three runs entering the ninth inning on Friday and won,

The Los Angeles Dodgers lured Roki Sasaki with promises of fixing his once-electric fastball, but that claim has already fallen apart a month into his MLB career.

Roberts has said all the right things about Sasaki, but he’s also admitted that he needs to improve. However, if the Dodgers expect him to be the arm he was expected to be, that'll likely come from development at the major league level.