Is Japan Dodgers going to work. Plaster to the starting team → A desire to recruit even Sasaki Ohtani Yamamoto
Dec 27, 2024
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The Los Angeles Dodgers, the defending champion in the Major League, are poised to plastered their starting rotation on the Japanese national team. If he succeeds in recruiting Loki Sasaki, he will be equipped with the first, second and third starters of the national team, following Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Japan 'Sankei Shimbun' reported on the 27th that the Sasaki recruitment match was narrowed down to a two-way race between the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres.
Sasaki, who played four seasons in the Japanese professional baseball (NPB), applied for Major League posting at the age of 23.
In the Major League, players from other countries under the age of 25 should be treated as amateur FA and given the minimum salary. Therefore, all Major League clubs have access to Sasaki.
From Sasaki's point of view, it's not money, but how well the club can adapt to the major leagues. This means that the more Japanese players there are, the more advantageous it is.
It is known that the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, and Chicago Cubs have already contacted Sasaki.
Sasaki is likely to eventually head to the Dodgers or Padres, where Japanese seniors are playing.
Ohtani and Yamamoto are playing in the Dodgers. The Padres are a team of Japanese legend Darvish Yu.
In fact, it is known that they were directly put into the recruitment of Sasaki.
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The Sankei Shimbun reported, `Sasaki's progress has been narrowed down to either the Dodgers or the Padres on the west coast. When negotiating with these two clubs, a Japanese player came out in person and persuaded Sasaki.
The Sankei Shimbun reported 'The rule that foreign players under the age of 25 must sign only minor league contracts is applied. Therefore, Sasaki's popularity is soaring, but on the contrary, money is not a decisive criterion. Environmental aspects, teams that can win, or affinity are conditions that take precedence over money. In this background, it was analyzed that it was crucial that Japanese seniors persuaded them directly.
The Sankei Shimbun reported 'Otani and Yamamoto will be shaken if they appeal to win back-to-back World Series losses together. It would be touching if Darvish wanted to fight together and defeat the Dodgers. It is extremely unlikely that Sasaki will finally choose a club other than the Dodgers or Padres.
Reporter Han Dong-hoon dhhan@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
