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Sasaki burst onto the scene in Japan's high school baseball tournament, Koshien, five years ago, throwing 500 pitches over an eight-day span, including a 12-inning, 21-strikeout complete game. In 2022, he threw a perfect game and then followed it up with eight perfect innings in his next start. His numbers in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) are staggering, leading the league in several key categories compared to stars like Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.