Ex-Red Sox Executive Senses Roki Sasaki Turning Down NL Team

MLB front offices are scrambling to meet with Japanese free-agent pitcher Roski Sasaki this offseason. However, ex-Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski suspects it might be time to call it quits for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Sasaki, a 23-year-old right-hander, will join the big leagues after a four-year run in NPB with the Chiba Lotte Marines. Widely regarded as the next major international star to join MLB, Sasaki garnered attention from some of baseball’s biggest markets...