TOKYO -- The current baseball offseason has seen four transfers from Nippon Professional Baseball to North America's Major League Baseball, continuing an outflow of Japanese players that NPB is reckoning with.
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Roki Sasaki's move to MLB shows Japan's struggle to keep top prospects
U.S. fee limits for young players curb outflow for now, but systems need rethink
Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, 23, signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in January. © Kyodo
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