Roki Sasaki had a rough go in his U.S. debut, getting pulled early in front of the home crowd. His sad face and teary eyes in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ dugout was shown on a Japanese TV feed, triggering reaction on social media and around baseball,

Roki Sasaki did not make it out of the second inning during his United States debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday afternoon and appeared to cry

With Lucas Giolito, Brayan Bello and Kutter Crawford all on the injured list, Fitts had an opportunity to break camp with a spot in the Red Sox rotation. The 25-year-old was acquired in the deal that sent Alex Verdugo to the Yankees prior to last offseason, and he had a 4.17 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 111 strikeouts in 116.2 innings at Triple-A last year.