Roki Sasaki will be posted by his Japanese team during baseball’s winter meetings and the Washington Nationals can’t even try this bold move to sign him.
are looking for starting pitching. But one name that hasn’t readily been connected to the Nets is Japanese pitcherJapanese team, the Chibe Lotte Marines, will post him for MLB teams to make their pitch during the winter meetings in Dallas next week.posting will be much different than that of pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s because Sakaki is only 23. Due to his age and his limited professional experience , he’s subject to international signing bonus rules.
It’s widely believed that Sasaki will choose a west coast team. That’s where Yoshinobu, Shohei Ohtani and Ichiro Suzuki all landed. Last year he went 10-5 with a 2.35 ERA, 129 strikeouts and 32 walks in 111 innings. For his four-year career he is 29-15 with a 2.10 ERA and 505 strikeouts against 88 walks in 394.2 innings.The Nationals have an opening. Yes, Sasaki is young and so is the Nationals’ projected starting rotation. But, because Sasaki’s money comes out of one pool and free agency comes out of another, Washington could make a push to get him.
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