Marines ace Roki Sasaki desired by MLB teams, but how great is the risk?

TOKYO — What does the future hold for Lotte ace Roki Sasaki?

Will he be posted to MLB this year and if so where will he sign and how will he do?

Will he follow Nomo, Darvish, Kuroda, Tanaka and Yamamoto in the pantheon of Japanese pitchers who became valid stars in the major leagues?

Questions, questions, questions. What are the answers?

He does not yet have the record of accomplishments that three-time MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto or former C.L. strikeout champion Shoto Imanaga have had in NPB. He has yet to win a Sawamura Award, for example, or even demonstrate he can handle a full season of work, given the issues of his physical health and after effects of overwork in high school. Yet, he, amongst all, potentially stands to be the best of the best ever to come out of Japan.