{"product_id":"graded-2025-topps-bowman-chrome-roki-sasaki-12-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","title":"Graded 2025 Topps Bowman Chrome Roki Sasaki #12 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eGraded 2025 Topps Bowman Chrome Roki Sasaki #12 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint – The Topps Bowman Chrome Rookie Card for Roki Sasaki at Card #12, the Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Who Arrived in Major League Baseball from the Nippon Professional Baseball Chiba Lotte Marines as One of the Most Anticipated Japanese Pitching Imports of the Modern Era, Documented Here in the Standard Bowman Chrome Chromium Format That Serves as the Primary RC Document for Any Player's American Baseball Debut, Certified PSA 10 Gem Mint by Professional Sports Authenticator, From the Hall of Fame Sports Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The name Roki Sasaki had been known to international baseball watchers for years before he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the Nippon Professional Baseball league with the Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki had established himself as one of the most physically gifted pitching arms in any league anywhere in the world. His fastball reached the upper range of the velocity spectrum. His splitter was classified by analysts as a premium pitch – the kind of diving, late-breaking offering that makes a pitcher's full arsenal entirely different from what it would be without it. In April 2022, he retired 27 consecutive batters against the Orix Buffaloes to throw a perfect game in NPB – one of the rarest individual pitching achievements in baseball. 🌟\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The path from that NPB perfect game to this Bowman Chrome card ran through the MLB international posting system's rules for under-25 Japanese players. Those rules, which cap the contract value for younger posted players, meant that Sasaki's transfer to MLB came at a below-market rate on a shorter-term contract rather than the full multi-year mega-deal that his ability commanded at market price. The Los Angeles Dodgers – whose roster had already assembled Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in recent seasons – added Sasaki in January 2025 as the third major Japanese star in their current rotation picture. The splitter meets Chavez Ravine. The arm that threw a perfect game in Chiba now pitches in the National League. ⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The Bowman Chrome base card at #12 is the standard chromium RC document for Roki Sasaki's American professional baseball debut – the card that puts him into the US collecting system for the first time. PSA 10 Gem Mint confirms centering, corners, edges, and unscratched chromium surface at the highest simultaneous standard. 🏆\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Roki Sasaki. Los Angeles Dodgers. Starting Pitcher. NPB Chiba Lotte Marines. Perfect Game April 2022. Elite Splitter. Japanese Pitching Import. 2025 MLB Debut. 2025 Topps Bowman Chrome Baseball. Card #12. Rookie RC. PSA 10 Gem Mint. Professional Sports Authenticator. Sports Memorabilia. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Graded 2025 Topps Bowman Chrome Roki Sasaki #12 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48097195786472,"sku":"2025-TBC-RS-12-PSA-10","price":192.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/graded-2025-topps-bowman-chrome-roki-sasaki-12-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint-943.webp?v=1772818506","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/graded-2025-topps-bowman-chrome-roki-sasaki-12-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}