"Sasaki, I'm going to be a Padres player." Director Silt, SD who goes first... a struggle for '$5 million'?
Dec 10, 2024
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San Diego manager Mike Shildt said in an interview with MLB Network Radio on the 10th (Korea time), `We have to very well enter the fight for Sasaki. I very much expect Sasaki to participate properly in this competition and eventually become a Padres player."
It means that the will to recruit Sasaki is not unusual. The San Diego club's official position came a day after MLB announced Sasaki's posting to the Major League Baseball team.
On the background of San Diego's possible contract with Sasaki, Shildt said, `I can be sure that AJ Preller has been doing great things so far, and our club has been very active internationally. You can tell that by looking at our roster. We have Yu Darvish from Japan and Yuki Matsui. There's also Kim Ha-sung from Korea"The Prelor leader speaks Japanese. Several years ago, he also sought to recruit Shohei Ohtani. (Optimization) We are making significant efforts to recruit Sasaki, and we are very optimistic about the realization."
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However, Sasaki regarded Darvish as an idol from an early age, and through WBC last year, his friendship became stronger, leading to the prospect of preferring San Diego to the Dodgers. For this reason, it seems that the two-way race between San Diego and the Dodgers is likely to be a two-way race between Sasaki.
Since Sasaki is an international amateur FA under the age of 25, 'money' is not an important variable in catching his mind. Small market clubs such as the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals also have a good chance.
Meanwhile, on the 9th "Today, MLB announced the posting of right-hander Roki Sasaki of the Chiba Lotte Marines in the Japanese professional baseball league to 30 lightbulbs."Sasaki is free to negotiate for 45 days until 7 a.m. on January 24 next year as FA." he announced.
A month after Chiba Lotte announced on the 10th of last month that it would approve Sasaki's advance to the Major League, an invisible 'conflict battle' will take place.
The delay in posting disclosure is related to the size of the Sasaki's Cyning Bonus. According to the U.S.-Japan Professional Baseball Players Code, Sasaki is an international amateur FA under the age of 25, so he must sign a minor league contract when entering U.S. professional baseball and can receive a down payment within the full range of international syncing bonuses set by each club every year. The 2025 International Cyning Bonus Pool is at least $5 million per club.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
