Insider Reveals ‘Most Likely’ Choice For Roki Sasaki
The Los Angeles Dodgers capped off an amazing season with their eighth World Series title in franchise history.
As the offseason moves along, the Dodgers are preparing for a title defense.
With a loaded free agent class, they have already made a splash by signing starting pitcher Blake Snell to a five-year deal worth $182 million
It appears like the Dodgers aren’t done yet, as plenty of rumors are swirling around the team.
One MLB insider recently revealed they are the likely destination for another free agent starting pitcher
Sasaki is a 23-year-old starting pitcher who is coming over from Japan.
In 2024, Sasaki appeared in 18 games and was 10-5 with a 2.35 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 111.0 innings pitched.
There has been some concern with Sasaki about his injury issues, but he remains one of the top free agents left on the market.
Olney reports that the Dodgers are going to be Sasaki’s choice, and he will join fellow Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The Dodgers appear to be focused on loading up their starting rotation with the signing of Snell and the possible signing of Sasaki.
In 2025, the Dodgers will attempt to win back-to-back World Series titles for the first time in their history.
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Shohei Ohtani Opens Up on Contract Deferrals, Reveals Promise Dodgers Made to Him
When Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on a 10-year, $700 million deal last year, the baseball world was sent into a frenzy.
The Dodgers, who had dominated the National League West for the last decade but had just one shortened-season World Series victory to show for it, were adding arguably the greatest free agent ever to the largest free agent contract in MLB history.
That, alone, was enough to set the baseball world on fire. Then, the contract details emerged. Ohtani was deferring $680 million of the $700 million, paying him just $2 million per season for the 10 years he would play in L.A.
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While non-Dodger fans were outraged by the contract, it was later revealed that Ohtani and his agent, Nez Balelo, offered that same structure to every team who wanted to sign him. In fact, it was Ohtani’s idea. Almost a year after he signed the richest contract in MLB history, Ohtani spoke to Bob Nightengale of USA Today in an exclusive interview, where he spoke about those deferrals and the “promise” he and the Dodgers made to each other.
“You know, Mark (Walter), Andrew (Friedman), the owners, we all made a promise to each other that we would go out and create the best team to put out on the field,” Ohtani said. “And we were able to win the World Series, so in that sense we were able to keep our promise towards each other.”
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