Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer was reportedly in attendance to watch Japanese ace Roki Sasaki pitch this season. He also told 670 The Score that he took more than one trip to Japan this year.

Brett has more on the Cubs’ potential pursuit of Roki Sasaki:

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