Sasaki, perfect pitcher for San Diego, will respond to a love call from Darvish? This week, full-fledged negotiations begin
Dec 16, 2024
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MLB.com connected San Diego and Sasaki in an article titled 「Starters suitable for 10 teams in need of rotation reinforcement」 on the 16th (Korea time).
Journalist Brian Murphy, who wrote the article, wrote that if the Padres can use a pitcher to help them compete in the West, whether they spend more than the standard of imposing a luxury tax, Sasaki fits perfectly.
San Diego is a team that aims to advance to the postseason next season and further compete in the NL West. In order to destroy the strongest LA Dodgers, the rotation height must be raised first.
If the season opens as it is, the San Diego rotation is in the order of Dylan Shees, Darvish Yu, Michael King, Randy Vazquez and Matt Waldron. Among them, there is a prospect that San Diego can put Siz on the trade market.
Sizz will become an FA at the end of next season. Seeds, who will play the 29-year-old season next year, is likely to be in the spotlight as the biggest fish for pitchers in the FA market. If you do a healthy full-time rotation next year, you will be able to receive nearly $300 million, exceeding the total amount of $200 million.
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If Seeds is traded, the demand for starters will inevitably increase.
In particular, while rivals in the West have succeeded in strengthening their power, with the Dodgers bringing Blake Snell and the San Francisco Giants bringing Willie Adames from the FA market, San Diego has not made any moves so far. Rather, most of the internal FA such as Kim Ha-sung, Jurickson Profar, and Tanner Scott are increasingly likely to transfer. Catcher Kyle Higashioka has already worn the Texas Rangers uniform for the last two years and $13.5 million.
In the end, it should be seen that they are being driven to a situation where they have to go all-in on recruiting Sasaki. Local media pointed to San Diego as a leading destination for Sasaki because of this aspect of team power and the presence of Darvish. He is known to be an idol of Sasaki, and he participated in the World Baseball Classic in March last year as the Japanese national team and built a friendship.
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Sasaki is an international amateur FA under the age of 25, so recruiting doesn't cost much. You can give a Cyning Bonus in the full range of international Cyning Bonuses set for each team. San Diego's grass will cost $6.26 million next year. The decision will be up to Sasaki, but it is difficult to deny that Sandeigo has the highest probability given the demand situation and Darvish's will in terms of electricity.
jhno@sportschosun.com
