President of Baseball Operations Chris Young acknowledged on Monday that club officials did meet with Sasaki’s camp in Los Angeles last week.

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Roki Sasaki won’t be eligible to officially sign with an MLB organization until mid-January, but that hasn’t stopped him from making headlines in December. Last week, it was reported that the NPB phenom had met with at least three MLB teams: the Yankees,