No player the Padres will pursue this offseason matches the value of Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki pitches during Japan’s Pool B game against the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Saturday, March 11, 2023. The Japanese ace and 2023 World Baseball Classic star stands as one of the sport’s best pitchers, yet he’ll cost mere pennies on the dollars relative to the likely returns he’ll generate. For several years, Sasaki’s salary will land near MLB’s minimum to go with a modest signing bonus.
“We just don’t know his preferences,” MLB Network’s Tom Verducci, a longtime baseball journalist, wrote in Sports Illustrated.Whether or not Sasaki chooses them, the Padres have franchise strengths that any player would find impressive. “Very underrated place,” Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale, an eight-time All-Star who won a World Series with the 2018 Boston Red Sox, said of San Diego’s ballpark atmosphere this past July.
It’s another example of Peter Seidler’s legacy that the Padres can make a pitch to the likes of Sasaki that would rate as impressive by most objective standards.
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