NL Championship Series: Dodgers vs Brewers

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Los Angeles, California, USA

Dodger Stadium

Los Angeles Dodgers

Roki Sasaki

Postgame 3 Press Conference


Dodgers - 3, Brewers - 1

Q. The last time you pitched in Milwaukee, your velocity was down a little bit. At that point, were you still feeling the after-effects of the previous three-inning relief performance? And how much better did you feel today?

ROKI SASAKI: In terms of my last outing, I don't think the three-inning outing had any effect. I just couldn't consciously or I was unconsciously -- well, my mechanics was unconsciously off. I wasn't really aware of what was going on, which I think affected my command and my velo.

This time around, today's outing, in between today's outing and the last outing, we just really worked with the pitching coach and just did a lot of work to make sure my mechanics was in the right place.

Q. Who came up with the idea of the "Báilalo Roki" song? Latino fans are loving it.

ROKI SASAKI: It was with Miggy Ro.

Q. Just considering this is still a new transition to the bullpen, is an outing when you can bounce back like today, is that an encouraging sign for you and just how you're learning to navigate yourself through this transition?

ROKI SASAKI: As a starter, I understand that there's always ups and downs. So, I kind of take that same approach with pitching as a reliever. And I think what I try to do is just to make sure that everything, all my mechanics are in place so that I can command the ball better. And I feel like that's what I'm really focused on right now.

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