Freddie Freeman reveals Shohei Ohtani’s adorable Roki Sasaki recruitment move
The Dodgers pulled out the big guns in a recruitment pitch for the Japanese phenom.
After winning the 2024 World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers went on to dominate the MLB offseason with an unprecedented spending spree. Los Angeles boasts a truly star-studded lineup as the organization improved on an already extremely impressive roster.
LA scored one of the offseason’s biggest victories earlier this year when the team signed Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki. And Dodgers players did their part to help seal the deal.
“Mookie [Betts], me, Tommy Edman, Will Smith and Shohei were the guys that were there,” Freddie Freeman said of the recruiting trip that won over Sasaki, per Foul Territory on X. “And Shohei was with him the whole time. Shohei brought his dog because Roki likes dogs too… We knew what we were doing,” Freeman admitted while laughing.
As all fans suspected, Ohtani’s dog Decoy was the secret weapon. The ace in the hole for the Dodgers. Decoy’s popularity is uncanny as the pup already got a bobblehead night (that he shared with his owner) and even threw out the first pitch.
More recently, Decoy went viral during Ohtani’s NL MVP ceremony, bolting from the couch after Shohei was announced as the winner. Now, the good boy is helping LA recruit players.
