The Padres are finalists for Roki Sasaki and they should follow up with these free agents this offseason amid ownership concerns.

The San Diego Padres, long viewed among the favorites to sign the next "big thing" from Nippon Professional Baseball, remain among the very few teams with a chance to sign him.

The sweepstakes for 23-year-old Japanese flamethrower Roki Sasaki could be nearing its conclusion. Sasaki, whose representation said he was open to playing for all 30 teams, is now reportedly down to two franchises as he nears a decision.

The Padres are finalizing deals with a pair of Dominican prospects and could be out of the Roki Sasaki race. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

While the Dodgers, Padres and Blue Jays were battling it out for Roki Sasaki, the defending World Series champs seem to have won.

The Padres have dropped out on the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes and MLB fans are speculating that the Dodgers will win the race.

With the deadline for Sasaki to sign, the two National League West rivals are battling it out to the very end.

Roki Sasaki will sign with either the Dodgers, Padres, or Blue Jays. Here's how their pitching staffs would look with the Japanese sensation in the fold.

MLB analyst and former executive Steve Phillips spoke about Roki Sasaki's impending arrival to the big leagues, and which team the Japanese phenom is most likely to join.

The San Diego Padres have a 33% chance to be that ... on a staff that also featured Yu Darvish, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto). As a 20-year-old in Japan's top professional league, he ...

Los Angeles brought out the big guns in a second meeting with Sasaki, and San Diego is going to have trouble keeping up.