On Saturday at Dodger Stadium, 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki took the mound for the fourth start of his highly anticipated rookie season and delivered his best performance yet, allowing just one run over five innings of work. Unfortunately for his team, Sasaki’s strongest start to this point was also the first one to result in an L.A. loss.

Never mind him not being ready to lead the rotation of another team and challenge Shohei Ohtani. Roki Sasaki doesn’t look ready to pitch in the major leagues.

Because he made himself available to Major League Baseball execs while under the age of 25, Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki was going to be a relative bargain.