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As the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes intensify, the San Diego Padres are “cautiously optimistic” he will sign in San Diego.<\/p>\n

Sasaki’s camp told five teams \u2014 the San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Mets, Texas Rangers, and Chicago Cubs \u2014 that he would not be signing with them on Monday.<\/p>\n

That leaves just San Diego, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Toronto Blue Jays as the final teams in play.<\/p>\n

USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reported that San Diego is “cautiously optimistic” that Sasaki will be a member of the Padres by the end of next week.<\/p>\n

The Padres are cautiously optimistic he\u2019s coming their way https:\/\/t.co\/8PFqaKPA0H<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 14, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

It was revealed Sunday that San Diego had a second meeting with Sasaki over the weekend before news of his updated teams broke.<\/p>\n

In another good reason to be optimistic, there was a video that emerged of Roki Sasaki reportedly pitching at Petco Park in San Diego.<\/p>\n

No other teams have had a video emerge of Sasaki going as far as getting reps in on their home field.<\/p>\n

Through every chapter of this offseason saga, nothing has been conventional in MLB teams’ pursuits of the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n

For starters, the playing field is somewhat evened out since Sasaki is under the age of 25. The MLB states, “foreign-born players unless they are at least 25 years of age and have played as a professional in a foreign league recognized by Major League Baseball for a minimum of six seasons” are subject to the international bonus pool.<\/p>\n

Each team’s pool ranges from roughly $5.1 million to a maximum of $7.5 million.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers have a league-low $5.1 million pool whereas the Padres have $6.2 million.<\/p>\n

San Diego doesn’t just have a little over $1 million more to offer than the other Southern California Sasaki finalist, but has a pitcher who is a “godfather-like presence” to the young phenom.<\/p>\n

Yu Darvish was openly unhappy last offseason seeing his World Baseball Classic teammates Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto sign with the Dodgers, but has recently expressed a willingness to help his organization when it comes to Sasaki.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is an opportunity or if I am asked to join a meeting, I\u2019m here in San Diego throughout the offseason,” said Darvish. “So if there is a time or if they want me to come join a meeting, then, yeah, I\u2019ll be happy to do that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Sasaki has a career ERA of 2.02 with 524 strikeouts to only 91 walks in his 414.2 innings pitched in Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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